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Across

    7  The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab (6)

    8  A town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border (6)

    9  A secret society of white Southerners in the United States (4)

  10  The largest city and former capital of Turkey (8)

  11  Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120) (7)

  13  A person who makes deceitful pretences (5)

  15  An adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God (5)

  17  36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973) (7)

  20  Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840) (8)

  21  Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (4)

  23  A carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile (6)

  24  A province of the Roman Empire comprising roughly Grisons and Tyrol, to which Vindelicia was added (6)

Down

    1  Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829) (4)

    2  A sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984 (6)

    3  A leeward island that gained independence within the Commonwealth in 1981 (7)

    4  A small South American rodent related to the guinea pig (5)

    5  Groups of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction (6)

    6  A South American rodent of mole-like habits (8)

  12  An arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west (8)

  14  French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673) (7)

  16  An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC (6)

  18  A port city in western France on the Loire estuary (6)

  19  (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis (5)

  22  Journey in Scotland (4)

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