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  • History Revealed

    CROSSWORD

    Jun 08, 2023 3 minutes

    Test your history knowledge to solve our prize puzzle – and you could win a fantastic new book

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    Rank in certain orders of knighthood (9)  Jousting fields (5)  Grunge band formed in Washington state in 1987 (7)  Queen Consort (b1947), wife of Charles III (7)  US city ravaged by fire in 1871 (7)  “The ___ are rather a foulmouthed nation” – William Hazlitt, 1822 (7)  15th-century Italian explorer (4,5)  Historically, a native of coastal Germania (5)  Lord ___ (1732–92), prime minister under George  Mikhail ___ (1814–41), Russian poet and novelist (9)  Mary ___ (1797–1851), author of (1818) (7)  Ancient form of paper, first used in Egypt (7)  Catholic Church institution founded in 1928 (4,3)  Evelyn ___ (b1965), Scottish percussionist (7)  Lover of Bill Sikes in (1838) (5)  Arnold ___ (1882–1928), US gambler and racketeer (9)

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