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9 Born Elizabeth Griscom in 1752, she helped design the first flag of the United States (according to family stories) (5,4)

10 Small European principality governed solely by Spanish and French “co-princes” until its new constitution in 1993 (7)

11 Second-century AD Greek historian, author of a work about Alexander the Great’s military exploits (6)

12 A major deity of ancient Egypt (in fact a fusion of two gods) (4–2)

13 Term for a law officer that in England dates back to before the Norman Conquest (7)

15 In Hinduism, the supreme god (7)

In 1762 a treaty was concluded by this princely state of north-east India with

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