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SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390.1 Manner and position in which
someone stands (6)
5 The 1st Earl of Chatham, a
British Whig statesman who
was Prime Minister in the
18th century (7,4)
10 Island in the South Pacific,
part of a UK Overseas
Territory; uninhabited until the
landing of the mutineers of
the Bounty in 1790 (8)
11 _ II, Aztec emperor of
Mexico overthrown by the
Spanish conquistador
Hernán Cortés (9)
12 See 6 Down
14 Ground or a piece of
ground (7)
16 The highest adult male
voice; countertenor (4)
18 WH _ Anglo-American poet,
critic and librettist (5)
19 Breaks or openings in a wall,
fence, etc (4)
20 An echinoderm with a
globular body enclosed in a
rigid spiny test, occurring in
shallow marine waters (3,6)
23 Meringue cakes topped with
whipped cream and fruit (8)
24 William_, assumed author
of the 14th-century poem
Piers Plowman (8)
25 In Greek mythology, the
daughter of Cassiopeia and
wife of Perseus (9)
28 Artificial heads of hair (4)
29 The usually intravenous
administrations of
therapeutic solutions (5)
31 The long pointed hollow or
grooved tooth of a venomous
snake (4)
33 Cumbrian town famous for
its annual horse fair (7)
35 Occupation or trade
requiring special skill (5)
39 Device used to help one
understand something or
remember information (6,3)
40 An organ that contains the
muscles that move to create
the voice (5,3)
41 Non-technical name for
dyspepsia (11)
42 A case or covering for a
knife, sword, etc (6)2 An indigenous people of the
Caribbean (5)
3 The technical name for
mother-of-pearl (5)
4 Pen-name of Charles Lamb (4)
5 To show sudden pain; flinch (5)
6 and 12 Across. Canadian
singer-songwriter inducted
into the Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame in 2008 (7,5)
7 Czech Romantic composer
born in 1841 (7,6)
8 Italian dish consisting of a
baked disc of dough covered
with tomato sauce (5)
9 British playwright whose
works include The Real
Inspector Hound (1966) (3,8)
12 Male swans (4)
13 Hawaiian dance traditionally
performed by a woman (4)
15 A horse with coloured coat
sprinkled with white hairs (4)
17 New Zealand fast bowler and
all-rounder knighted in 1990
for services to cricket (7,6)
19 A person employed to clean
and look after horses (5)
21 Formal test taken to show
knowledge or ability in a
particular subject (11)
22 Strong impulses, inner
drives or yearnings (5)
25 Arthur _, Wimbledon men’s
singles champion in 1975 (4)
26 Mountainous island off the
west coast of Italy (4)
27 To assist or encourage,
especially in crime or
wrongdoing (4)
30 A mark or impression
produced by pressure (7)
32 Antonio _, Spanish architect
noted for the Sagrada Familia
church in Barcelona (5)
34 Aneurin _, Welsh Labour
politician; responsible for the
formation of the NHS (5)
36 In English history, the local
representative of the king in
a shire (5)
37 Robert _, US poet
noted for his lyrical
verse on country life
in New England (5)
38 Spasmodic twitches
of the muscles (4)