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10 and 34 Down A Mongol emperor of China and grandson of

Genghis Khan (6,4)

11 A person who performed in a type of variety entertainment show also known as music hall (12)

12 Elisha –––, 19th Century American inventor who installed the first passenger elevator (4)

13 Any of various aromatic substances burnt for their fragrant odour (7)

14 The sum of one’s assets once any debts have been subtracted (6)

15 Catches fire or sets fire to (7) 16 Fishing port and resort in North Yorkshire, England, on the North Sea (11)

20 Quick, short blows in boxing, especially straight punches with the leading hand (4)

21 The unicameral parliament of Israel (7)

22 and 38 A long, low sofa for reclining, with a back and single armrest (6,6) 23 To equip, supply with necessary gear and clothes (3,3)

25 and 26 Down 19th Century English novelist who created the fictional county of Barsetshire (7,8)

27 A cage or small enclosure for poultry and small animals (4) 28 Mikhail –––, Soviet-born ballet dancer who defected to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in 1974 (11)

29 Tragedy by William Shakespeare about a Moorish general in the Venetian army and his wife Desdemona (7) 32 John –––, pilot who made the first non-stop transatlantic flight with Arthur Brown in 1919 (6) 35 An ancient region of uncertain boundaries on the Eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea (7)

36 The central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or pear (4)

37 1st Century ruler of Galilee and Perea, known for his purported role in the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus (5,7) 38 See 22

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1 In obstetrics, a woman who is pregnant for at least the third time (12)

2 Ancient Greek and Roman culture considered as a subject for academic study (8) 3 An expression which describes a person or thing as resembling someone or something else (6) 4 To expel a tenant from a property by process of law (5)

5 Small brown birds sometimes referred to as hedge sparrows (8) 6 Special event organised for someone’s birthday or to mark an anniversary (11)

7 Tim –––, award-winning English comedian famous for his one-liners (4)

8 A disease of the eye in which pressure within the eyeball damages the optic disc (8)

9 William Howard –––, the 27th President of the United States (4) 17 Baroness Emma –––, Hungarian-born British writer who created the Scarlet Pimpernel (5) 18 French journalist and author who wrote the novel The Phantom Of The Opera (6,6) 19 Artists who produce articles in clay or porcelain (11)

21 Jack –––, an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II (5)

24 A figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms (8) 26 See 25 Across 27 The curved shape of the moon in its first and last quarters (8) 30 Rough paths across open country or through forests (6) 31 A transparent, polygonal solid for dispersing light into a spectrum (5) 33 An alliaceous plant with a slender, white bulb and broad, flat, overlapping leaves (4) 34 See 10 Across