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Melting Pot: Real and Fictitious People 25 Crossword Puzzle

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Seven billion people in the world. Surely I have named at least a thousand of them in this series of crosswords. Here is the silver edition (25th). Careful: occasional left field clues ahead.
Author: 1nn1 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Chief ___ "Jaws" book or movie
      4. Barry or Glenn, father and son Australian racing car drivers
      7. Young newt (could almost turn toward port)
      8. Jonathan or Taylor, both fast
      10. Ms Witherspoon
      11. Scottish or Irish Gaelic language
      13. Trojan hero; the son of the prince Anchises and Aphrodite
      15. First person ever to appear on stage as a character according to Aristotle
      17. Sylvia, first Bond Girl. "Dr. No" (1962). Yes. Before Honey Ryder
      18. Femme fatale
      20. Amanda, American actress (Miss Kitty on "Gunsmoke") OR Blind, American blues/ragtime musician
      21. Mr Agassi, Tennis professional OR Mr Young better known as Dr. Dre, rapper
      23. Heath Ledger character in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) - Ennis Del ___
      24. Non-speaking, walk-on role in a movie
      25. Ms Tucker American country music singer but NOT Ms Harding, discredited US figure skater

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      1. Count, 1904-1984, American bandleader and Jazz pianist
      2. French affirmative
      3. Up to now OR not quite the Abominable Snowman
      4. Meryl
      5. Maria ____ of Spain (1638?1683), Queen of France but NOT Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize-winner
      6. Mr Edmonds (b. 1948), British BBC television presenter AND Mr Gallagher (b. 1967) English musician
      9. A warm dry southerly wind originating in the lee of any mountain range (particularly the Alps)
      12. Rod or Al, both British singers or Mr Granger, also British who couldn't sing but could act
      13. Ms Barty, Australian World No. 1 rank tennis player 2020 (Did it all go up in flames?)
      14. David, quintessential English actor. Played James Bond once.
      16. Dermatitis
      17. Device to stop plates, crockery and cutlery crashing to the floor
      19. Christian art sculpture depicting Mary holding the dead body of Jesus
      21. Mr Carney or Mr Garfunkel (Could they both paint?)
      22. Mr Aykroyd, born 1952, Canadian actor OR Mr Rather, American newsreader/journalist