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NEALEFRASERSee 30 INCOLDBLOODTrue crime novel about the 1959 Clutter family murders in Kansas (11) PERESTROIKAAirports eke out Gorbachev’s reforms (11) SPEEDREADERReal page-turner? PERFUNCTORYLacking conviction (11) DUNFERMLINEScottish town and former Royal Burgh in whose abbey Robert The Bruce was the last of seven Scottish kings to be buried HOMOSAPIENSSpecies name for modern humans (4,7) CRASHHELMETRacing headgear YOULIEDTOMECritical response concerning a piece of fiction? ILIENASTASERomanian professional tennis player who was World Number 1 between August 1973 and June 1974 JOELVELTMANDutch international defender who joined Brighton & Hove Albion from Ajax in 2020 DEADHEADINGRiding free as an employee, in airline lingo THEPIRANHASBritish band best known for their 1980 cover version of Tom Hark APPROPRIATESteel, it’s said, is suitable (11)