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No. 2688

ACROSS

7 Biblical edifice painted by Breughel the Elder c1563 ( 5,2,5)

9 1480 pastoral poem by the

Italian Jacopo Sannazaro ( 7) 10 The Spanish for ‘ mud- brick’ – an air- dried building block ( 5)

11 Danube tributary that flows

through Munich ( 4) 12 English pianist known for her ‘ lunchtime concerts’ during World War II ( 4,4)

14 North American songbird with a large beak for cracking fruit stones ( 8) 17 US composer of the 1933 song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ( 4)

20 1977 Broadway musical with Andrea McArdle in the title role ( 5)

21 Massachusetts resort area

shaped like a fish hook ( 4,3) 23 Rolls- Royce model produced from 1947 until 1958 ( 6,6)

DOWN

1 A covered walkway in ancient

Greek architecture ( 4) 2 Currency unit of Malawi and

Zambia ( 6)

3 Art gallery where The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch is housed ( 5)

4 Irish county south of

Westmeath ( 6)

5 The official language of

Andorra ( 7) 6 AA Milne character with a

detachable tail ( 6)

8 Enzyme that breaks down

proteins during digestion ( 6) 11 1987 film produced by and

co- starring Warren Beatty ( 6) 13 The Roman goddess of

wisdom ( 7)

15 Second wife of Nelson

Mandela ( 6)

16 Suburb of Chicago named after a Roman statesman and orator ( 6)

18 Greek mathematician who wrote the definitive treatise Elements ( 6)

19 Surname of the writer of the

1881 novel Heidi ( 5) 22 Capital city where the Museum of Islamic Art is located ( 4)