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GRAEMEMCDOWELLNorthern Irish golfer who won the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach, ending a 40-year drought for Europeans ROSEMARYHARRISEmmy and Tony Award-winning British actress who is the mother of Jennifer Ehle SURFACETENSIONRegain consciousness with feelings of anxiety? Lots of liquids will have this effect VIRTUALREALITYTruly a live rat I slaughtered? Just an experience via a headset! LORDSANDLADIESPeers at a plant ENFANTTERRIBLEUncontrollable kid? Teen brat joins RN: life changing! LIGHTNINGROUNDFast-paced segment of a game show FOREIGNCAPITALEuro, say, in strange city SODIUMCHLORIDEI dose child with rum mixture containing zero salt SANDWICHCOURSEBetween working, learning how to make a BLT NORTHUMBERLANDPoint to brown-coloured terrain in county CHARLIEDANIELSMusician whose namesake Band performed the 1979 hit The Devil Went Down to Georgia: 2 wds. SNAPPINGTURTLEReptile with a powerful bite SLEEPOVERPARTYKids’ all-nighter, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme