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1 The Schleswig-Holstein Question refers to the conflict between this country and Prussia and Austria in the mid-19th century ( 7) 5 Village near Merthyr Tydfil, where a catastrophic collapse of a slag heap engulfed a school and other buildings in 1966 ( 7) 10 This city, known as ‘Majerit’, once served as a fortress to protect Toledo (6) 11 Musical scholar Cecil Sharp was a founding father of its revival in England in the early 20th century (4,4) 12/13 Welsh birthplace of Henry VII of England (8,6) 14 Thomas ___, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, uncle to two of Henry VIII's wives (6) 16 The Roman empire is thought to have reached its greatest extent under this emperor (6) 19 The ____ Parliament of 1614 was dissolved by James VI and I after only eight weeks, no legislation having being passed (6) 21 The name ‘England’ is derived from these Germanic invaders (6) 23 British prime minister, under whom the War of Austrian Succession was ended (6) 25 Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, leader of the struggle for enosis (union) with Greece during postwar occupation by Britain (8) 27 The fashion for sea-bathing and frequent visits by the Prince of Wales ( later George IV) transformed this small south coast fishing community into a thriving town (8) 28 John ___, British Quaker and politician who was a co-founder of the Anti- Corn Law League in the late 1830s (6) 29 The electrician who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1983) and become president of his country (6) 30 Sicilian port called Zankle, meaning ‘scythe’, by the Greeks who founded it, owing to the shape of its harbour ( 7)
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2 Powerful but unofficial political figure revered by Argentina's lower economic classes, whom she called ‘ the shirtless ones’ (3,5) 3 Professor of classics at Cambridge, whose books and TV programmes have popularised the subject (4,5) 4 An early 20th-century pioneer of this medium was Canadian scientist Reginald Fessenden (5) 6 An indecisive battle of 1854 at this Crimean location inspired a famous poem by Tennyson (9) 7 Red and white symbols of the opponents in a 15th-century series of English dynastic wars (5) 8 Benedict ___, an American commander in the War of Independence who switched allegiance to the British side (6) 9 See 20 down 15 European mountain range listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2009 (9) 17 US official convicted of spying – Richard Nixon was a prominent figure in the controversial trial (5,4) 18 Fifth/ fourth-century BC Greek historian and philosopher, author of
Hellenica and Anabasis (8) 20/9 A term first originating in US to predict how the fall of one non-communist country would be quickly followed by its neighbours (6,6) 22 Originally a Canaanite language, it was revived as a spoken language in the late 19th century (6) 24 Early 19th-century German philosopher who influenced Karl Marx (5) 26 A college is named after this 19th-century clergyman who led the Oxford Movement (5)