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the canterbury tales. Solve the clues and find the answers in the grid. Solution in Monday’s puzzle pull-out

1 What is the surname of the US jazz musician and band leader who disappeared while flying over the English Channel in 1944? (6)

2 What name is shared by a 15th century illuminated manuscript of The Canterbury Tales and a market town in Shropshire? (9)

3 Which English author wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress? (4,6)

4 Which late actor starred in the 2001 film A Knight’s Tale? (5,6)

5 What is the ecclesiastical court official called whose tale is a response to the preceding tale by The Friar in The Canterbury Tales? (8)

6 What is the surname of the evolutionary biologist who wrote The Ancestor’s Tale? (7)

7 In which English city would you find the Royal Crescent, Pulteney Bridge and The Circus? (4)

8 The Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002-12 shares his first name with which deciduous tree? (5)

9 Which Archbishop of Canterbury was assassinated by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170? (6,6)

10 Geoffrey Chaucer was the first writer to be interred in which part of Westminster Abbey? (5,6)