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PRIZE CROSSWORD

Across

1 Feudal bond between a man and his overlord, overriding his duty to any other lord he served (5)

4 A popular Victorian and Edwardian male garment, with full skirts (5,4)

9 See 13 across

11 Island on which Finlaggan Castle was the seat of Clan Donald (MacDonald) and Lords of the Isles (5)

12 Name given to the effect produced in central London in 1858 by untreated sewage in the river Thames (5,5)

13/9 After the annulment of her marriage to an English monarch, she became known as the “King’s Beloved Sister” (4,2,6)

A former Spanish kingdom, based around the city of Pamplona (7)

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