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ACROSS
1 Epic fantasy U.S. TV drama series set in the land of Westeros that first aired in 2011 (4,2,7) 8 A mixture of butter and flour heated together that is used in making sauces and soups (4) 9 Describing the Celsius temperature scale with 100 degrees between the freezing and boiling points of water (10) 10 Technical term for short-sightedness (6) 11 A short, light musical drama (8) 12 Thin, crisp circular wafers of bread often served in Indian cuisine (9) 14 William, Scottish sailor executed in 1701 for piracy on the Indian Ocean (4) 15 Mononymous Irish singer/ songwriter and lead vocalist of rock band U2 (4) 16 Brief _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , 1945 romantic drama film starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson (9) 20 Impetus or the force of motion gained in moving (8) 21 Sally, singer played by Liza Minnelli in the 1972 musical film Cabaret (6) 23 An informal expression meaning ‘to get married’ (3,3,4) 24 The largest divisions of geological time (4) 25 One in prison who persistently refuses to eat as a form of protest or means to obtain release (6-7)
DOWN
1 Andrey, long-time Soviet foreign minister dubbed Mr Nyet by some Western diplomats (7) 2 A confusion or misunderstanding (3-2) 3 The Cherry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov first performed in 1904 (7) 4 List of religious precepts revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai and engraved on tablets of stone (3,12) 5 Tomb _ _ _ _ _ _ , video game series featuring archaeologist Lara Croft (6) 6 Nationality of Manchester United FC manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær (9) 7 Like a patient given a calming drug to allay pain (7) 13 Allan, Scottish-born detective who founded a U.S. private detective agency in 1850 (9) 15 Rude or ill-mannered (7) 17 A spacecraft or satellite that follows a circular path around a planet (7) 18 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of Castile, King Edward I’s first wife in whose memory he dedicated a series of crosses (7) 19 Tommy, byname of the English entertainer who starred in the musical films Half A Sixpence and Finian’s Rainbow (6) 22 An edible marine gastropod mollusc with a spirally coiled shell (5)
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