|
Across | 7 | | The seed capsules of several
tropical plants of the ginger
family, used as an aromatic,
pungent spice (8) |
| 9 | | Biblical Prophet whose name means
"the Lord is salvation"
in Hebrew (6) |
| 10 | | Blue ink used as a primary colour
in printing (4) |
| 11 | | Decisive 1805 battle in modern-day
Czech Republic, in which Napoleon
defeated the combined Russian and
Austrian armies (10) |
| 12 | | A Mexican liqueur made from coffee
beans, cocoa beans and vanilla (6) |
| 14 | | Ray ___ , Australian fast bowler
whose autobiography is Flying
Stumps (8) |
| 15 | | The innermost membrane enveloping
the embryo of reptiles, birds and
mammals (6) |
| 17 | | Monetary unit of Thailand worth
one hundredth of a baht (6) |
| 20 | | Suburban district of west London,
birthplace of TV presenter Nick
Knowles (8) |
| 22 | | Anatoly ___ , the official world
chess champion from 1975 to 1985 (6) |
| 23 | | Former name of the Chicago
skyscraper, the world's tallest building when completed in 1973 (5,5) |
| 24 | | Small, tailed amphibian of the
salamander family (4) |
| 25 | | Irish whiskey illicitly distilled (6) |
| 26 | | Trade name of the powerful
sedative drug flunitrazepam, often
used as a date rape drug (8) |
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Down | 1 | | Pop singer born Stefani Joanne
Angelina Germanotta in New York in
1986 (4,4) |
| 2 | | In Japanese cookery, a thick
noodle made from wheat flour (4) |
| 3 | | Mark ___ , American golfer who won
the Open Championship at Royal
Birkdale in 1998 (6) |
| 4 | | The Roman name for Ireland, now
used poetically (8) |
| 5 | | Public garden in Harrogate, North
Yorkshire, one of four run by the
Royal Horticultural Society (6,4) |
| 6 | | A metrical foot of three
syllables, one long followed by
two short (6) |
| 8 | | In heraldry, a lozenge-shaped,
perforated bearing (6) |
| 13 | | Actress nicknamed "the
Sweater Girl" after her debut
in the 1937 film They Won't Forget (4,6) |
| 16 | | A brand of milk flavouring
product, usually made with malt
extract, sugar and whey (8) |
| 18 | | ___ House, a Grade I-listed
country residence in West Sussex,
seat of the Duke of Richmond (8) |
| 19 | | Obsolescent, informal term for a
telephone (6) |
| 21 | | King of the Fairies in
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's
Dream (6) |
| 22 | | A wok-like copper utensil used in
Asian cookery, or a dish prepared
in it (6) |
| 24 | | The back part of the neck (4) |
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