The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 353 - Oct 6 2017

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1982 comedy written and directed by Barry Levinson DINER
A school of Buddhism ZEN
A village in Lincolnshire - or an 1844 novel by Disraeli? CONINGSBY
City on the Ohio and Erie Canal AKRON
Country bordered by Nicaragua and Panama COSTARICA
German licence fee funded broadcaster ARD
Japanese whisky advertised by Bill Murray in Lost in Translation SUNTORY
Jerry's ex in Seinfeld? ELAINE
Karen's maid in Will & Grace? ROSARIO
Lung disease once known as potter's rot SILICOSIS
Monica __, author of Brick Lane (2003) ALI
Nickname given to Britain's one-time favourite carp? BEN
Norfolk city NORWICH
Remote section of California coastline south of Carmel BIGSUR
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Rene __, actor who starred in Get Shorty and The Thomas Crown Affair RUSSO
Romance by Sir Walter Scott, subtitled A Tale of Flodden Field MARMION
Savoury drink made of yoghurt and spices LASSI
See 1 Down FALCON
See 13 SON
Term used by Hitchcock for a device which serves only to advance the plot of a film MACGUFFIN
The former capital of West Germany BONN
The official language of Ethiopia AMHARIC
The protagonist of Heart of Darkness? KURTZ
The __, standard example of a 1 Across in the novel by Dashiell Hammett MALTESE
Unit of currency in Malawi and Zambia KWACHA
US disaster management agency FEMA
US printmaker known for her pioneering use of silkscreen ELIZABETHOLDS
__ Station, the main railway terminus in Washington DC - and Los Angeles UNION