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1 A member of the Gang of Four, the most influential woman in the People’s Republic of China until her downfall in 1976 (5,4)

6 Garry ____, US author and historian, awarded the Pulitzer prize for his Lincoln at Gettysburg (1992) (5)

9 First of the “Five Good Emperors”, the succession of Roman rulers that included Trajan and Hadrian (5)

10 During the Civil War, a ____ soldier was known as a Cavalier (8)

12 City in south-west England, named Aquae Sulis by its Roman founders (4)

Dame ___ ___ (left), distinguished English composer. Her close involvement with the suffragette movement inspired her work “The March of the Women” (1911) (5,5)

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