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5 English political caricaturist – George III was a frequent target of his (7)

7 The last of these began 2.6 million years ago and ended 11,700 years ago (approx) (3,4)

10 Romanian-born British intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive (1941-45), who recruited agents in occupied France (4,6)

11 Famous university, named after its British benefactor, Elihu, a merchant and East India Company official (4)

12 He renounced his hereditary peerages on becoming prime minister in 1963 (4,4)

14 One spelling for an ancient Egyptian god (a fusion of two gods) (6)

The site of a creek in South

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