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1. The innermost part of an ancient
temple (6)
5. Best-selling novel by Tom Wolfe,
published in 1998 (1,3,2,4)
10. An IT system of communication for
local area networks by coaxial
cable (8)
11. A consonant pronounced with an
exhalation of breath (8)
12. Tense and restless or irritable (2,4)
13. An opera left unfinished by
Borodin and completed by Rimsky-
Korsakov and Glazunov (6,4)
14. Largely self-taught English
mathematician whose "Laws of
Thought" was a pioneering
work in modern symbolic logic (6,5)
15. In the USA, a student's special subject or course (5)
17. Principal male character in the
opera La Traviata, in love with
Violetta (7)
19. The hottest period of the year
(reckoned in antiquity from the
heliacal rising of the star Sirius) (3,4)
22. Second largest of the Great Lakes (5)
23. Sponge cake and ice-cream in a
rapidly cooked meringue covering (5,6)
26. Seeming ancient and quaint (often
spuriously) (4,6)
27. Standing in a relaxed attitude
while on parade, with the feet
apart (2,4)
28. A city, a province and a region of
eastern Spain (8)
29. The traditional beliefs and
stories of a people (8)
30. Military government, involving the
suspension of normal legislation (7,3)
31. The series of examinations at the
end of a degree course (6)
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2. An easing of strained relations
between states (7)
3. American president to whom is
attributed the phrase "Speak
softly but carry a big stick" (8,9)
4. Composer born in Cremona in 1567,
maestro di capella at St. Marks in
Venice from 1613 to his death in
1643 (10)
5. A hymn or psalm, the parts of
which are sung or recited
alternately by two groups (8)
6. Texan city originally named
Ragtown, the present name being
the Spanish word for 'yellow' (8)
7. The action of one body coming
forcibly into contact with another (6)
8. Explorer who discovered the
Philippines in 1521 (9,8)
9. The science of the general
physical characteristics of rocks (9)
16. A novel in which real persons or
events appear with invented names (5-1-4)
18. The capital of Slovenia (9)
20. Thoroughfare in the West End of
London named after a game once
played there (4,4)
21. An aromatic bushy plant, Tanacetum
parthenium, used to treat migraine (8)
24. A small falcon which hovers while
searching for its prey (7)
25. In anatomy and zoology, a part or
structure resembling a shell (6)
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