22 June 2017

Crossword by Boffles

Heroes and Notables

Across

    6  Pipped to the post by Amundsen (7,5)

    7  Hercules stole the tripod of Delphi’s (6)

    8  Horatius defended its bridge (4)

    9  Carried goods lose a hundred to carry Jason and his companions (4)

  10  The Arabian one (8)

  12  Matthew Webb and Michael Phelps, for example (8)

  16  May be one to those attending his American school but actually a bit of a bounder (4)

  18  Militaristic people conquered by the Spaniards and smallpox (6)

  20  Antony and Cleopatra defeat (6)

  21  Admiral and keen bowler (7,5)

 

Down

    1  Where to find Achilles, Hector and Odysseus in verse (4,4)

    2  A 6dn shot by the Germans in WW1 (6)

    3  The Jackson who won the Battle of New Orleans and became POTUS (6)

    4  Distinguishing facial feature of Al Capone (4)

    5  Chernobyl firefighters were this kind (6)

    6  Florence Nightingale was one (5)

  11  Osiris or Gamal Nasser (8)

  13  Merlin or Harry Potter (6)

  14  Greek island allegedly the burial place of Homer (3)

  15  The Scots ones were at Waterloo (6)

  17  Kind of wreath worn by Olympic winners and Roman Emperors (6)

  19  Home of a Sicilian nymph and mother of the  gods of geysers (4)