The central theme entry is THFFLAT, with a clue that says, [Film with a bat named Wonderboy]. After finishing the puzzle, I Googled "the sharp" wonderboy because I haven't a clue what F flat is also called. (Robert Redford, The Natural.
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There were a raft of answers I didn't know, or could not get easily from the clues. Let's start with the most embarrassing ones: 18A: He died soon after escaping from Crete (Icarus); 29D: "Odyssey" high point (Ossa);
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For the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon. For the Macedonian prince, see Demetrius the Fair. Demetrius II (Greek: Δημήτριος Β` d. 125 BCE), called Nicator (Greek: ...
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This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. • Achelous • Achilles • Acis • Acmon • Acoetes • Actaeon is the grandson of Cadmus, and is turned into a stag by Diana. • ...
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One exception was George Psychoundakis who wrote a book called The Cretan Runner to describe his time as a runner for the British intelligence officers who were put on to Crete to help to run the resistance. Psychoundakis died in January 2006, ... George describes one of these drops which took place soon after Fielding arrived,
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George (The Cretan Runner) was enjoying a rest from his 'runner' duties, Perkins was returning to the island where he had lived with the locals after escaping from the Germans, ... No doubt he would have found the stifling atmosphere of such a course rather alien after his time on Crete, ... Perkins died in the Cretan mountains,
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Aeneas and his group sail to Crete and began to build a new city, but a terrible plague soon strikes. ... Aeneas continues his story, recounting the aftermath of the fall of Troy. After escaping from Troy, he leads the survivors to the coast of Antander, where they build a new fleet of ships. They sail first to Thrace,
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Achilles was the hero of Homer's Iliad. A brave and handsome soldier, and to some a heroic ideal, his undoing was his anger, which made him ruthless in battle. He died soon after killing Hector, who predicted his death.
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Soon after Caesar's death Cleopatra left Rome and returned to Egypt. Ptolemy XIV is thought to have survived the voyage back to Egypt, but he died soon after. He may have died of natural causes, or Cleopatra may have had him killed.
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