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1 The treaty that created the European Union (EEC as it was then) was signed here (4) 3 Sir Martin, the maritime explorer who played a major role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada (9) 8 Middle Eastern intelligence agency established in the mid-20th century (6) 10 Benedictine monk, 11th-century archbishop of Canterbury, credited with discovering the ‘ontological argument’ for God’s existence (2,6) 11 See 4 down 12 The city of Philadelphia was planned and given its name by the Quaker, William ___ (4) 13 Town of southern France, freed from Anglo-Spanish occupation in 1793 by forces that included a young Napoleon Bonaparte (6) 14 Traditionally, a small, single-masted craft built for speed, ‘unrated’ in the navy (6) 16 Family name of US pioneers of flight credited with building the world’s first successful airplane (6) 17 Costly, usually non-functional building, in fashion in England in the 18th and 19th centuries (5) 19 First name of the man who made the first journey into space (4) 20 The flamboyant national hero who sought anonymity as ‘aircraftman Ross’ in 1922 (1,1,8) 21 Caryl ___, imprisoned in 1948 until his execution in 1960, who wrote of his time on ‘death row’ (8) 23 Part of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 2003, it became an independent state in 2006 (6) 24 The first Egyptian pharaoh to bear this name is said to have founded the tomb workers’ village at Deir el-Medina (9) 25 Traditional US term applied to campaigning politicians: “on the ___” (5)
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1 British financier and empire builder who was prime minister of Cape Colony in the late 19th century (6) 2 Town which, during the Greek War of Independence, suffered a year-long siege from April 1825 (11) 4 down/11 across Major historic event which had two phases, in February and October of the same year, and which resulted in the shifting of the country’s capital ( 7,10) 5 Wernher von ___, German scientist who played a key role in America’s space programme (5) 6 British undercover force, thrust into the limelight during the televised Iranian embassy siege in 1980 (3) 7 Scandinavian politician, prime minister of his country for 23 years, overseeing much social welfare legislation (8) 9 Upper garment, close-fitting and waisted, popular wear for men between the 15th and 17th centuries ( 7) 12 American heiress, convicted of committing bank robbery with members of the group that had kidnapped her (5,6) 14 British novelist and Christian scholar, honoured in 2013, 50 years after his death, with a memorial in Poets’ Corner (1,1,5) 15 A one-horse, four-wheeled carriage named after Henry, a 19th-century Lord Chancellor (8) 17 Fascist political group, formed in 1933, which became the official party of the Franco regime ( 7) 18 Scene of Octavian’s victory over the combined fleets of Mark Antony and Cleopatra (6) 20 He founded, with Nelson Mandela, an early version of the African National Congress party (5) 22 British newspaper, the relaunched version of the Daily Herald (3)