The Star Early Edition

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ACROSS 1 and 8 1872 children’s book by Ouida (1,3,2,8) 8 See 1 9 Augusto … Ugarte, President and dictator of Chile 1973-90 (8) 10 A score of nought in tennis (4) 12 Enid, creator of the Famous Five and Secret Seven in children’s literature (6) 14 “The …”, 1994 Joel Schumacher film based on a novel by John Grisham (6) 15 JH, England Test cricketer who scored 310 n.o. against New Zealand at Leeds in 1965 (6) 17 Small skiff widely used in the Orient (6) 18 and 20 Down Philip Noyce film starring Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill (4,4) 19 Black form of carbon used as a fuel (8) 21 and 22 Ron Howard film starring Russell Crowe as John Nash (1,9,4) 22 See 21 DOWN 2 Author of the novels Nice Work and Paradise News (5,5) 3 sland of the Maltese archipelag­o whose capital, Victoria, is also known as Rabat (4) 4 all graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat (6) 5 … is a colourless substance found in sour milk that is used in the preservati­ve E270 (6) 6 ree of the genus Commiphora that produces an aromatic gum resin (8) 7 rthur, 1975 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis champion (4) 11 erbert, conductor who was the artistic director of the Vienna State Opera from 1957-64 (3,7) 13 “The … …”, Carol Reed film starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins (5,3) 16 Goddess of the Underworld in Greek mythology who is represente­d holding torches and accompanie­d by wolves (6)

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