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Solution to 864: Notables '3 U 2 F F 3 A L
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OIN 145 D R 1 T TEN 0 S I TIAIEIBIA VANN I WER N I S I. DNLLIAU r VAX UNME.SSAGEs The unclued lights and two clued otherwise than by definition (at 8 & 26 Down) are names of composers, each beginning with B, the Across ones being British composers.
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