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Across
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1
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"Get thee glass eyes; and, like a scurvy ______, seem to see
things thou dost not." King Lear (Act IV, Scene VI) (10)
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5
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Small translucent covers under which plants are forced and protected
(7)
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10
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The Duck-bill, an Australian aquatic egg laying mammal (8)
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11
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A blue mineral, containing sodium aluminium silicate, used as
a gem stone (5,6)
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12
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The collarbone is also known as this (8)
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13
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A goodbye or farewell (5)
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14
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One of a race of one-eyed giants in Creek mythology (7)
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17
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Registration documents (8)
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20
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Daughter of Lear, in Shakespeare's tragedy, poisoned by her jealous
sister, Goneril (5)
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21
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A mountain lion or cougar (4)
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22
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Rough fibre made from the bark of an asian plant, used for making
rope & twine, sacking etc. (4)
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23
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Frederic ______ the central character, in love with Catherine
Barkley, in Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms (5)
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26
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City, leading resort and capital of Isere department S.E. France
(8)
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28
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Czech composer of the operas The Bartered Bride and The Kiss
(7)
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30
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In short, summarize, go briefly through again (5)
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31
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In nautical terms, a barrier round a ships stern (8)
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33
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Spanish devotees of a sport or pastime, particularly of bull
fighting (11)
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34
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An actor or actress, named after the founder of Greek tragedy
(8)
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35
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Puzzling questions or coarse sieves (7)
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36
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Veteran soldiers connected with the Royal Hospital, Chelsea for
instance (10)
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Down
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1
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A medication applied to the skin and acting as
a counter-irritant for relieving pain (8)
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2
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An unbeliever in or opponent of a particular religion,
especially of Christianity or Islam (7)
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3
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The capital and largest city of Venezuela, and
birthplace of Simon Bolivar (7)
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4
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Any of numerous proteins that occur in large quantities
in blood, plasma, milk, plant fluids, etc. (7)
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6
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Capital and chief trade centre of the autonomous
region of Tibet, in S.W. China, once known as the 'Forbidden City"
(5)
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7
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Morbid concern about one's health, without real
cause (12)
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8
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A state of anxious uncertainty and expectation
(8)
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9
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Another name for bee-keeping (10)
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15
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Sofa with arms and back of the same height, heavily
padded (12)
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16
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Province of British India from 1849 until 1947,
when it was partitioned, whose name in sanskrit means "five rivers"
(6)
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18 & 19 Down
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English painter famous in particular for his portrait
of Sir Winston Churchill, burned on the orders of Lady Churchill
(6,10)
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24
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Person who stirs up public feeling on controversial
issues (8)
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25
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The capital of Syria (8)
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27
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Partial of total obscuring of one celestial body
by another (7)
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28
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See 32 Down
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29
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Hairy-crested S. American insect eating monkey
(7)
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32 & 28 Down
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Town in Australia's Northern Territory, centre
of an area with cattle ranches and aborigine reservations (5,7)
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