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TRICKORTREATHalloween cry GUSTAVMAHLERBohemian-born Austrian composer and conductor whose works include Das Lied von der Erde CAPRICORNONE1978 thriller movie about a Mars landing hoax starring Elliott Gould and James Brolin BRESTLITOVSKTreaty which ended Russia’s involvement in the first world war (5-7) GEORGEBORROWAuthor of Lavengro and Romany Rye JACKOLANTERNAnother name for a will-o’-the-wisp PINKCADILLACElvis Presley’s car – or a movie starring Clint Eastwood (4,8) MEGALOMANIACPower-crazed person WALDORFSALADThe third episode of the second series of Fawlty Towers MICHAELROSENNovelist and poet who succeeded Jacqueline Wilson as Children's Laureate in 2007 GHOSTPEPPERSThey're at least 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce MUSICALBOXESToys – tuneful containers? (7,5) BENDTHERULESTake some liberties HAMMERHEADEDLike a certain shark or bat – not the sharpest tool in the box? (12)