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6 Papal edict, name derived from the lead seal traditionally affixed to such a document (4) 7 14th-century BC queen of Egypt, chief wife of Akhenaten (9) 9 Soviet leader whose 18-year tenure encompassed an era of economic and social stagnation (8) 11 Unit of weight used by ancient Hebrews, Greeks and Romans (6) 12 Edward ____ , British pioneer of the science of immunology, who developed a smallpox vaccine (6) 14 This city became the capital of the Confederate States of America early in the American Civil War (8) 16 Third-century Christian martyr after whom a Hertfordshire town is named (2,5) 18 Karl ____, naval commander who, for a few days in 1945, succeeded Hitler as German head of state (6) 21 Either of two major Palestinian uprisings against Israeli occupation, the first dating from 1987 (8) 23 A term often applied to pre-1947 British rule in India (3,3) 25 Japanese warrior-spy, alternatively called a Shinobi (5) 26 A traditional tin-mining area of Cornwall or Devon (8) 28 Main site of England’s government offices since Henry VIII established his palace there in 1530 (9) 29 Léon ____, who in 1936 became the first socialist prime minister of France (4)
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