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Across 1. When he rings, you can talk 3. He saw no ships 5. He thought that only the strong survived 6. A stale loaf led this man to discover an important cure 9. Helping organise the Olympics for 2012, having won gold in 1984 11. This Sir has 3 Olympic gold medals for pedal power 13. Led us in tough times and gave rallying speeches 15. Only 4 Olympic gold medal for rowing! 17. 100m sprinter's surname, Olympian with a gold medal 18. Navy Captain who discovered the antipodean continent 19. Take Pride in this lady's work 21. Surname of person with 5 consecutive Olympic gold medals for rowing 22. Breaking world records almost daily; 2 consecutive Olympic gold medals 24. Experimental scientist who was big in the field of electromagnetism 25. Father of the computer 26. World famous playwright

Down 2. Liverpudlian poet, one of the Fab Four 4. Military and political leader curing the English Civil War 6. She's on a fiver and reformed prisons 7. Engineered a way to go west 8. A falling apple gave this chap an idea 10. Dame who won two Olympic golds 12. The Lady With The Lamp 14. First woman to climb Everest alone and without oxygen 16. Powerful Queen who led an uprising against the Roman Empire 20. Father of English literature, poet and Canterbury storyteller 23. Second in command of the fleet against the Spanish Armada