CROSSWORD CLUES

Marvin —, US composer of Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line (8) Syngman —, president of South Korea from 1948-60 (4) Nicola —, Italian composer of the operas Germanico in Germania and Semiramide riconosciuta (7) The —, 1954 novel by Hammond Innes also published as The Naked Land (7,4) and 18 1984 novel by David Lodge (5,5) Marble statue of Aphrodite famous for its missing arms housed in the Louvre Museum (5,2,4) The —, 2006 action film starring Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland (8) Ancient region on the Adriatic Sea including parts of present-day Albania, Croatia and Montenegro (7) See 8 Down Resort town in central Colorado, US, noted for its skiing (5) Old World songbird with a harsh chattering cry (4)

ACROSS

Suddenly clutches (5) Shut (5) Illustrated magazine (5) Gruesome (7) Final in a series or process (8) This place (4) Requiring speedy action (6) 17 Of the countryside (6) 19 At the summit (4) 20 Admiration, good

opinion (8) 23 Teach (7) 24 Swallows rapidly (5) 25 Low-value coin (5) 26 Condition (5) 1 4 10 11 12

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DOWN

Post off (5) Flattering, elegant (8) Fortune (4) Topic (7) Amasses (11) Friendship (5) Without protection (11) 14 Complete, total (8) 16 Small round drop (7) 18 Drive too fast (5) 21 Manservant (5) 22 Caution (4) 2 3

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