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1 Object of historical, often religious interest (5)

4 Turkish defeat in this naval battle of October 1827 consolidated Greek independence (8)

10 Side stalls and entertainment held on a frozen river in the early modern period (5,4)

11 The_______ Valley Civilisation on the Indian subcontinent was unknown to historians until the discovery of a city at Harappa in 1829 (5)

12 Alice________, on whom Lewis Carroll based the title character of Alice in Wonderland (7)

13/30 Famous picture of Elizabeth I, named after the bird pendant she’s wearing (7,8)

Anglicised name of the southern African people who, under Sobhuza I and his son Mswati II, established a nation now known as Eswatini in the early 19th century (5)

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