Deus ex machina

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Across
  1. 6. This god intervenes in ‘The Odyssey’
  2. 10. Who functions as this in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’
  3. 11. Given out towards the end of the Harry Potter books
  4. 12. A navy officer embodies this in Golding’s ‘_________’
  5. 14. What does Virgil call on to dispel demons in ‘The Divine Comedy’
  6. 15. Helios’ ______ in Euripides’ ‘Medea’
  7. 16. Averted in ‘The War of the Worlds’ with the aliens’ lack of an ______
  8. 17. In Terry Pratchett’s ‘Colour of Magic’ the gods are revealed to be playing a version of ______ and Dragons
  9. 18. Who claimed this device turned tragedy into an optimistic genre
Down
  1. 1. Who embodies this in ‘Oliver Twist’
  2. 2. This saves Gandalf in ‘Lord of the Rings’
  3. 3. Meaning of deus ex machina
  4. 4. Who does Aristophanes lampoon for his use of this trope
  5. 5. Literally, with this god in Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’
  6. 7. This trope appears in three Shakespeare ‘Cymbeline’, ‘Pericles’ and ‘As you ____’
  7. 8. Who dies in ‘Adventures of Huckelberry Finn’ to fulfil this trope
  8. 9. Referred to as Dea Ex Machina in ‘Watership Down’
  9. 13. The giant’s _____ in ‘Beowulf’