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Across | 1 | | William ___ , editor of The Times
newspaper from 1967 to 1981 (4-4) |
| 5 | | ___ Central, a vast mountainous
area in southern France containing
several extinct volcanic cones (6) |
| 10 | | Small family car first
manufactured by Austin in 1973 and
succeeded by the Metro and Maestro (7) |
| 11 | | A Jewish title or form of address
meaning "my great master" (7) |
| 12 | | Of clothing, especially skirts,
narrow at the top and widening
evenly to a full hemline (1-4) |
| 13 | | Inflammation of the lining of the
stomach (9) |
| 14 | | A language chosen as a medium of
communication among speakers of
different languages (6,6) |
| 18 | | A "new town " on the
river Tawd in west Lancashire (12) |
| 21 | | Occurring in two forms within the
same biological species (9) |
| 23 | | Danish discount supermarket chain
which opened in the UK in 1990 (5) |
| 24 | | Roberto ___ , manager of
Manchester City FC following the
dismissal of Mark Hughes (7) |
| 25 | | Grunge rock band whose first album
was Bleach in 1989 (7) |
| 26 | | A member of a people of mixed
Frankish and Scandinavian origin
who settled in northern France
from about AD 912 (6) |
| 27 | | An ancient city state founded by
the Phoenicians on the north
African coast near modern Tunis (8) |
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Down | 1 | | Nancy ___ , American actress born
Anne Frances Robbins in 1921 (6) |
| 2 | | French term meaning "being
discussed or expected" (2,4) |
| 3 | | A bright silver-white metallic
element, atomic number 12 (9) |
| 4 | | Composer who had his first hit
with Swanee, recorded by Al
Jolson in 1920 (6,8) |
| 6 | | ___ nectar, a humorous nickname
for beer or lager, especially in
Australia (5) |
| 7 | | ___ for Boys, a book
originally published in 1908, when
it was written and illustrated by
Robert Baden-Powell (8) |
| 8 | | A heavy black-and-white breed of
dairy cattle, having a high milk
yield (8) |
| 9 | | The most remote inhabited
archipelago in the world, whose
capital is Edinburgh of the Seven
Seas (7,2,5) |
| 15 | | British TV puppet character,
occupation Superstar, who first
appeared on the show TV-am
in 1983 (6,3) |
| 16 | | Masonry of uniform blocks in
courses of equal height, the
vertical joints placed over the
middle of the blocks below (8) |
| 17 | | A spring constellation of the
northern sky, thought to resemble
a small lion (3,5) |
| 19 | | A tributary of the Saint Lawrence
river that forms part of the
boundary between the provinces of
Quebec and Ontario (6) |
| 20 | | A perennial south European herb,
Levisticum officinale, with
an odour and flavour similar to
celery (6) |
| 22 | | An Indian side dish of chopped
vegetables, especially cucumber,
in yoghurt (5) |
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