The Guardian – Weekend crossword No 402 – Sep 14 2018
Published in The Guardian Weekend. Tags: China, EBONY, London, STALIN.
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| Clues | Answers |
| The nom de guerre of Joseph Dzhugashvili | STALIN |
| Annual meteor shower | PERSEID |
| Ben __, Washington Post editor during Watergate | BRADLEE |
| City in Nevada – or Bill Clinton’s Attorney General? | RENO |
| Former England cricketer and current Test Match Special pundit | EBONY |
| George Bernard Shaw comedy set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War | ARMSANDTHEMAN |
| Gillian __, artist whose statue of Millicent Fawcett stands in Parliament Square, London | WEARING |
| Handwoven Hebridean cloth protected by a 1993 act of parliament | HARRIS |
| La __, Michelangelo sculpture in St Peter’s Basilica | PIETA |
| Name for what is now Thailand | SIAM |
| Natural phenomenon also known as Mosi-oa-Tunya | VICTORIAFALLS |
| Pale yellowish cloth originally from Nanjing, China | NANKEEN |
| Reversible figured fabric, usually of silk or wool | DAMASK |
| Russian city near the border with Belarus | SMOLENSK |
| Russian city near the Urals – or a once popular hairstyle? | PERM |
| Scene of a Canadian gold rush between 1896 and 1899 | KLONDIKE |
| See 10 | RAINFORD |
| See 10 Across | BRENT |
| See 5 Down | TWEED |
| The Iranian currency | RIAL |
| Thomas __, Victorian fashion designer whose brand still bears his name | BURBERRY |
| __-SS, the armed wing of the Nazi Party | WAFFEN |