History Today September 2023 Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Former London thoroughfare, known as a haunt of hack writers (4,6)
  2. 8. Gambling game devised in 18th-century France (8)
  3. 10. Plug or cover for a naval gun (7)
  4. 12. English synth-pop act formed in London in 1985 (7)
  5. 13. Gerald ___ (1925-95), British naturalist and author (7)
  6. 15. Major ___, 1905 play by George Bernard Shaw (7)
  7. 18. 1966 Beatles single (6,9)
  8. 22. James ___ (1775-1833), US businessman and river pirate (4)
  9. 23. Federico Garcia ___ (1898-1936), Spanish poet (5)
  10. 24. ‘___ deeds do breed ___ troubles’ – Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1 (9)
  11. 25. British television satire of 1983-84, set in Utterley, Lancashire (5)
  12. 26. Vladimir ___ (1922-44), Soviet flying ace (5)
  13. 27. African delta declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 (8)
Down
  1. 1. English work of reference first published in 1802 (8,7)
  2. 2. Wrestling school, in ancient Greece (9)
  3. 3. Piano work by Chopin, Liszt or Debussy, perhaps (5)
  4. 5. Stern deck of a sailing ship (4)
  5. 6. 1851 Henrik Ibsen drama with the alternative title ‘A Politician’s Love’ (5)
  6. 7. ‘The Manchester ___’, 1932 protest song by Ewan MacColl (7)
  7. 9. 1865 novel by Charles Dickens (3,6,6)
  8. 11. Nation in George Orwell’s 1984 (1949) (7)
  9. 14. 1933 crime film starring James Cagney (4,6)
  10. 16. Term describing the Eastern Roman Empire (9)
  11. 17. Traditional US folk ballad (2,3,2,3,5)
  12. 19. The Lord of the Flies (9)
  13. 20. Italian city conquered by Venice in 1420 (5)
  14. 21. Fruit historically ‘forced’ in the Wakefield area (7)
  15. 27. Traditional Japanese paper- folding craft (7)