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1 More than 60 ____ have been found in the Valley of the Kings, including number KV62 – that of Tutankhamun (5)

4 Eg the one imposed by Abraham Lincoln on Southern ports during the American Civil War (8)

10 Romanian fascist party with strict Christian Orthodox ideals, operating from 1927 to 1941 (4,5)

11 Abbreviated form of the regional defence organisation set up by a treaty signed in Manila in 1954, lasting to 1977 (5)

12 Epic poem set during the Trojan War (5)

13 ______ David, mid-20th-century food writer, a major influence on the revitalisation of home cookery in Britain (9)

Device used by the Romans to secure their

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