The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 624 - Dec 24 2022

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A series of petitions during a church service LITANY
Antediluvian patriarch who lived to be nearly 1000? NOAH
Aromatic shrub sometimes used to signify remembrance ROSEMARY
Arthur __, credited with creating the first crossword in 1913 WYNNE
Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest KENKESEY
Benjamin Zephaniah's poem about birds that 'just wanna play reggae' TALKING
Country bordered by Nigeria and Togo BENIN
England wicketkeeper AMYJONES
French city on the Tarn, home to the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec ALBI
Largest of the Canary Islands TENERIFE
Larkin poem which begins, 'I work all day, and get half-drunk at night.' AUBADE
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Norway's traditional gift to the UK each December? CHRISTMASTREE
One knight of the Round Table LANCELOT
Paradise, before the Fall? EDEN
Proof-reader's instruction to leave a text as it is STET
See 3 TURKEYS
Shaquille __, basketball star ONEAL
The __, 1976 horror movie starring Lee Remick and Gregory Peck OMEN
Time for 2 in France? NOEL
Time for 2 in Portugal? NATAL
What, according to Clement Clarke Moore, wasn't stirring all through the house? NOTEVENAMOUSE
Where Parisian intellectuals hang out? LEFTBANK