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| 25% | 7 | Greek hero who killed the Trojan prince Hector | ||||||
adjective • of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people noun • a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken on the Greek mainland, Crete and Cyprus in the 16th to 12th centuries BC • the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea | ||||||||
| 25% | 8 | Slayer of Hector | ||||||
noun • a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel' | ||||||||
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Updated: October 14, 2023
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| The Guardian Cryptic10 Aug 2005 | Across 10 | HORTENSIO |
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