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1415 battle at which the English defeated the French (9)

8 Name by which President

Eisenhower was known (3)

9 See 22.

11 Guglielmo, Italian physicist who developed radio telegraphy (7)

12 Narrow boat propelled by

paddles (5)

13 Tom, character created by

Mark Twain (6)

15 Technique of acting based on the theories of Stanislavsky (6)

17 Graeme, Scottish cyclist who broke the 1 hour record in 1993 (5)

18 Goat antelope whose hide is

used to make a soft leather (7) 20 Erich, director whose films

include 1923’s Greed (3,8)

22 & 9 1971 biopic of Tchaikovsky by Ken Russell (3,5,6)

23 Harry, showjumper who won team gold at the 1952 Olympics (9)

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2 African antelope also called

the wildebeest (3)

3 Tree from whose seed pods

chocolate is prepared (5)

4 Thomas More book of

1516 (6)

5 Dark viscous syrup obtained

during the refining of sugar (7) 6 ‘Le ---’, 1666 play by

Molière (11)

7 Barbara, actress who played

Miss Ellie in Dallas (3,6)

10 Cocktail consisting of orange

juice and vodka (11)

11 Native or inhabitant of

Moscow (9)

14 Rome is known as the --City (7)

16 Grass-cutting implement with

a curved blade (6)

19 ‘Home ---’, 1990 film with

Macaulay Culkin (5)

21 Woody climbing or trailing

plant of the genus Hedera (3)