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ACROSS 9. English novelist who wrote Antic Hay, Brave NewWorld and The Doors of Perception (6) 11. Horror writer whose 2006 book The Secret of Crickley Hall was adapted into a three-part television series starring Suranne Jones and Tom Ellis in 2012 (7) 12. Chemical element, atomic number 29, symbol Cu, considered to be the earliest metal to be used by humans (6) 14. The main body of riders in a road cycle race (7) 15. East _____; country in southeast Asia with the capital Dili; a former Portuguese colony declared independent in 1975 and invaded by Indonesia in 1976 (5) 16. _____ house; the higher house in a bicameral parliament, especially the House of Lords (5) 17. Also known as the Cup, a faint constellation between Hydra, Leo and Virgo, said to represent the goblet of Apollo (6) 18. _____ Days aWeek; song on the Beatles for Sale album, a single in America but not in the UK, which John Lennon reportedly dismissed as “lousy” (5) 21. Frozen food that can be encased in sponge cake and meringue to make Baked Alaska (3,5) 22. Former administrative county on the shores of the Firth of Clyde in Scotland where Dunlop cheese was traditionally produced (8) 25. Dutch artist born Jeroen Anthonissen van Aken, noted for fantastical, often grotesque imagery in works such as The Garden of Earthly Delights and The Haywain Triptych (5) 26. Style of hat named after an 1894

novel by George du Maurier (6) 29. Series of jewelled ornaments created by Peter Carl Fabergé for Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II (4) 32. _____ and ladies; a common name of the woodland plant Arum maculatum, also called cuckoo pint; or the 14th Discworld book by Terry Pratchett (5) 33. The __________; 1668 painting by Johannes Vermeer (10)