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    PRIZE CROSSWORD

    Jul 08, 2021 4 minutes
    Compiled by Eddie James

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    3 The leader of the rebel army in the Third Servile War against Rome (73-71 BC) (9)

    9 Location, about 40km from Athens, of a Greek victory over the Persians in 490 BC, commemorated in modern times by a challenging sporting event (8)

    10 _____ Lindgren, the Swedish writer of children’s books and creator of Pippi Longstocking (shown below) (6)

    11 Mexican painter famous for her brilliantly coloured self-portraits (5,5)

    12 Austrian city that grew in importance during the 15th-century as the residence of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III (4)

    Distinguished Chilean writer, related to a former president of that country, who was awarded the (US) Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014 (6,7)

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