History Today November 2023 Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. French scholar and novelist (1830-70) (5,2,8)
  2. 8. Harland and Wolff in Belfast and Swan Hunter in Wallsend, perhaps (9)
  3. 13. ‘Land Of ___’, national anthem of Belize since 1981 (3,4)
  4. 15. __ Mathematical Papyrus, Egyptian artefact from around 1550 BC (5)
  5. 16. George ___ (1926-89), Chilean footballer who signed for Newcastle United in 1949 (7)
  6. 17. Alexander ___ (1830-95), Scottish composer (5)
  7. 18. Special forces division of the Islamic Emirate Army of Afghanistan (3,4)
  8. 20. Wind instrument historically associated with Britain and the Basque country (5,4)
  9. 22. The devil, in Abrahamic religion (5)
  10. 25. Joseph F. Rutherford (1869-1942), for one (8,7)
  11. 27. The merchant of Venice (7)
Down
  1. 1. Country of eastern Europe, site of the Cossack Hetmanate (7)
  2. 2. Thomas Gray, for example (7)
  3. 4. The ___, 1938 novel of Arthurian legend by TH White (5,2,3,5)
  4. 5. Trembling ___ (d.1837), Yankton Dakota chief (5)
  5. 6. 5 August 1945 (or 2 September 1945) (1-1,3)
  6. 7. 1976 work by the historian Carlo Ginzburg (3,6,3,3,5)
  7. 9. ‘Goodnight, ___’, folk song recorded by Leadbelly in 1933 (5)
  8. 10. Term for the high holy days in Judaism (4,2,3)
  9. 11. Cromwellian cavalry troopers (9)
  10. 12. Royal Navy vessel abandoned in 1848 during the third Franklin expedition (3,6)
  11. 14. Titan, in Greek myth (5)
  12. 19. French market town made famous by the Marian visions of Bernadette Soubirous (7)
  13. 21. Alexander ___ (1823-86), Russian playright (9)
  14. 23. George ___ (1847-1912), English humourist, writer and actor (9)
  15. 24. ___ House, seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the 17th century (9)
  16. 26. Harry ___, stage-name of Erich Weisz (1874-1926) (7)