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Across
1 A group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal. (6)
3 Which historical figure is portrayed by Clive Owen in the movie Elizabeth : the Golden Age (2007)? (7)
6 What was Sydney’s Glebe Island Bridge renamed in 1998? (5,6)
10 Which country traces its history back to the Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the 14th to the 18th centuries? (4)
11 Which London monument that Commemorates the Great Fire of London? (3,8)
14 Which tree has the species name Ilex aquifolium? (5)
15 Which river in southwestern Asia, flows into the Persian Gulf, and was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia? (9)
17 Which Melbourne theatre opened on 18 December 1886? (8,7)
20 Which gas was discovered by Joseph Priestly in 1774? (6)
23 “Time is the ___ of your life.” Carl Sandburg (4)
24 How many years are there in a decade? (3)
25 To put another’s mind at rest is to what their fears? (5)
26 “Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted ___.” William Congreve (3)
28 Henry Handel Richardson wrote the novel Ultima ________ (1929). (5)
29 A musical composition in several movements with no fixed form. (8)
Down
1 A slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses. (3)
2 A mythical bird of prey of enormous size and strength. (3)
4 Which chemical element was discovered by William Ramsay in 1892? (5)
5 Which Australian warship sank the Italian cruiser, the Bartolomeo Colleoni, off the coast of Crete in July 1940? (1,1,1,1,6)
6 Completed in 1518, in which city is the Cathedral of our Lady situated? (7)
7 A term used to describe a cove or inlet in the sea or on a lake. (3)
8 Which Queensland city was proclaimed on 20 November 1913? (9)
9 The musical term for slowing down. (11)
12 “A decent boldness ever _____ with friends.” Homer (5)
13 The number of times Jesus was denied by Peter. (5)
16 “The worst _________ would be a closed heart.” Pope John Paul II (6)
18 The common unit of land measure in the metric system, equivalent to 10,000 square metres. (7)
19 “A _____ arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.” Plato (5)
21 Which American university was founded in 1701? (4)
22 Agatha Christie wrote the mystery novel Why Didn’t They Ask who? (5)
27 A tennis serve which the server’s opponent is unable to return; thus forfeiting the point. (3)
