The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 659 - Aug 26 2023

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A cormorant, or fine-cut tobacco SHAG
Abdel Fattah el-__, Egyptian president SISI
Alaskan town where Sarah Palin was once mayor WASILLA
Boris __, Russian president 1991-1999 YELTSIN
Character who tells Hamlet he should neither a borrower nor a lender be? POLONIUS
Colloquial name for gonorrhoea CLAP
Doña __, volcano in northern Chile INES
Essex town, between Chelmsford and Southend BASILDON
George Eliot's home town NUNEATON
Guardian spoof island reported on 1 April 1977 SAN
Jamaican musical genre adopted by groups like the Specials SKA
Journalist's term for the summer months when news is slow? THESILLY
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Nancy Mitford's class dismissal? NONU
Poet whose works include Funeral Blues and September 1, 1939 WHAUDEN
River running through Cardiff Taff
Russian exiled media site, based in Riga MEDUZA
Ryan __, star of Deadpool REYNOLDS
See 5 Across SEASON
See 6 SERRIFFE
See 9 CURTAIN
The original paradise? EDEN
What, according to Churchill in 1946, descended from Stettin to Trieste IRON
__ Hinds, Oscar-nominated star of Belfast CIARAN
__ Horgan, Irish comedian and actor SHARON