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This week’s crossword is another general knowledge one. If you prefer to work on the interactive version, or print a pdf., click on this link that will take you to the Crossword Compiler page.

Musicians

by Chalicea

The across solutions are all musicians.

Across

7 Prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791) (6)

8 French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849) (6)

9 German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963) (4,9)

10 French composer of operas (1836-1891) (7)

12 French composer best known for his operas which included ‘Carmen’ (1838-1875) (5)

14 German composer – one of his works is a well-loved violin concerto (1838-1920) (5)

16 Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713) (7)

19 British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999) (6,7)

21 Austrian composer and conductor, a member of the Second Viennese School, one of the best-know exponents of the twelve-tone technique (6)

22 English composer of the London Suite – its last movement, “Knightsbridge” was used by the BBC to introduce their radio programme In Town Tonight (6)

Down

1 Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC) (6)

2 An ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands (4)

3 Srars (7)

4 Surface-to-surface missiles of the type made in the former Soviet Union (5)

5 Grovelling (8)

6 A garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages (6)

11 Enclosed in the same envelope or package (8)

13 The quality of being valid and rigorous (7)

15 Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking (6)

17 Proceed lingeringly (6)

18 Virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis (5)

20 A state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young (4)

Here is last week’s solution. The ladies were all biblical figures:

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