|
Across | 1 | | Carthaginian general in the Second
Punic War who crossed the Alps
with 40,000 men and defeated the
Romans (8) |
| 5 | | A multiple race competition in
track cycling, with points being
awarded for performance in each (6) |
| 9 | | A large 17th- or
18th-century bowl,
usually of silver, fluted and
scalloped, for cooling drinking
glasses (8) |
| 10 | | Military slang for anti-aircraft
artillery or fire (3-3) |
| 11 | | Bingo, especially when played for
money (5) |
| 12 | | Durable aromatic timber from
various large evergreen conifers,
used in shipbuilding, fencing,
furniture etc (9) |
| 14 | | Violinist who became President of
the Elgar Society in 1983 (6,7) |
| 17 | | The birthplace of Coronation
Street actress Thelma Barlow (13) |
| 20 | | ___ Williams, writer of the 1947
play A Streetcar Named
Desire (9) |
| 21 | | In Greek mythology, a deity or
nymph of the woods (5) |
| 22 | | A first-magnitude star in the
constellation Aquila, and the
twelfth brightest in the sky (6) |
| 23 | | In art, on fresh or moist plaster (8) |
| 24 | | A method of creating a pattern in
textiles during colouring, by
binding or knotting parts of the
fabric (3-3) |
| 25 | | A sleeplike state in which the
mind responds to external
suggestion and can recover
forgotten memories (8) |
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Down | 1 | | John ___ , presenter of the BBC TV
quiz show Mastermind since
2003 (8) |
| 2 | | Name of the former four-storey
House on London Bridge, the
earliest documented prefabricated
building (7) |
| 3 | | A tributary of the river Rhone in
France, which joins the river Drac
in Grenoble (5) |
| 4 | | A globular cloud forming at a
height of about 2400 to 6000 metres (11) |
| 6 | | Ellen ___ , yachtswoman who broke
the world record for the fastest
solo circumnavigation of the globe
in 2005 (9) |
| 7 | | Native or resident of the Gem
State in USA (7) |
| 8 | | Literally 'exalted gate' in
Japanese, a title given by
foreigners to the Emperor of Japan (6) |
| 13 | | The Deputy Leader of the Labour
Party from 1980 to 1983 (5,6) |
| 15 | | American frontier town on the
Santa Fe Trail, known as 'The Sodom of the West' (5,4) |
| 16 | | Rock band who released the single
Riders on the Storm in 1971 (3,5) |
| 17 | | A large aquatic mammal of tropical
coastal waters and rivers, with
paddle-like flippers and tail (7) |
| 18 | | Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson which
includes the line 'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield' (7) |
| 19 | | Royal family which ruled Scotland
from 1371 to 1714 (6) |
| 21 | | Roberto ___ , Panamanian four-
weight world champion boxer
nicknamed 'Hands of Stone' (5) |
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