BLAKE'S 7 CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 2. A type of ancient Roman upper class country house, just remove an L and you are left with the name of a very talented thief.(4)
  2. 4. If you are wanting to interrupt Federation communications, and pick up a second-hand Cipher Machine, this planet may be a good place to go. (7
  3. 7. Sula, Anna Grant, Federation Central Security's top agent (10)
  4. 10. Well now, this person favours studded leather, he is rarely wrong, often bored of those who are, but he didn’t recognise his inner fool! (4)
  5. 12. A name shared by a Welsh rugby star from the 1990s and 2000s, and the actor who played the leader of the Freedom Party on Earth. (5,6)
  6. 13. The Buddhist practice of meditation, giving direct insight into one's own true nature. The Liberator crew would be lost without him.(3)
  7. 14. Federation Officer, and NOT a Federation agent. (5)
Down
  1. 1. All that glistens is not gold; Often have you heard that told. In whose royal celestial hold may you find the darkened gold. (5,8)
  2. 3. Freedom City’s very own ‘Vulpine Degenerate’. Prefers to play with his Toise rather than his speed chess. (7)
  3. 5. With shades of Gray, he was the rescuer of Avon, Vila, Dayna and Tarrant.(5)
  4. 6. A Doctor, possibly the greatest living authority on viruses, working on Fosforon turned out to be a bit of a Killer! (9)
  5. 8. Name of a crew member who met his demise in Spacefall, his namesake would probably have faired better wearing the wrong trousers and taking his faithful dog! (7)
  6. 9. The capital of England and the means of passage to the planet Cygnus Alpha.(6)
  7. 11. A planet, very singular in nature, orbiting a massive self-luminous celestial body of super-heated gas. Maybe ask a fool, as they know everything and nothing! (4,3)