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___ , 1929 war memoir by Robert Graves (4-3) “___ multitude”, term for the masses coined by Edmund Burke in 1790 (7) Final word of the New Testament (4) Gracie ___ (1898–1979), Rochdale-born entertainer (6) See 17 Down Traditional English pub game in which a dolly is struck with sticks (4,5) In Greek myth, the Muse of lyric poetry (5) “___ your mind, relax and float downstream” – The Beatles, 1966 ‘The ___ Kids’, troupe of child actors in 1930s Hollywood (4,3) A poem of farewell (5) Term for a Parliamentarian in the English Civil Wars (9) “Life is short, the ___ long” – Hippocrates (3) Record breaking mouser at Glenturret distillery, 1963–87 (6) Last emperor of the JulioClaudian dynasty (4) Lewis ___, pen-name of Charles Dodgson (1832–98) (7) “Do not disturb my ___”, supposed last words of Archimedes, c212 BC (7)