The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 523 - Jan 9 2021

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A citizen of the world's largest landlocked country, perhaps KAZAKH
A composition, usually religious, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra ORATORIO
Actor who starred as Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale EVAGREEN
Alcohol made from rice SAKE
Country that became independent of the 9 in 1991; capital Tallinn ESTONIA
Diane or Buster __, movie stars KEATON
Former member of the 9, capital Tbilisi GEORGIA
Former member of the 9, capital Yerevan ARMENIA
Gemstones that owe their distinctive colour to chromium or vanadium EMERALDS
Historic region and one-time member of the 9, capital Chisinau MOLDAVIA
Host of the 2022 World Cup QATAR
Indian fast bowler, 2000-2014 ZAHEER
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Iranian city, home to the Shah Mosque ISFAHAN
King of medieval legend? ARTHUR
One of the disciplines in clay pigeon shooting SKEET
Political union criticised in The 19 / 2 USSR
See 19 TERROR
See 7 Across KHAN
Sir __ Chamberlain, brother of the more famous Neville AUSTEN
The only landlocked country in south-east Asia LAOS
The white whale? BELUGA
The __, Robert Conquest's pioneering work on the Gulag system in the 9 GREAT
Val Kilmer's nickname in Top Gun ICEMAN
What Don McLean drove to the levee? CHEVY