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noun • king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016) • king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871) | ||||
| 30% | 11 | Mediated and resolved a dispute between King John of England and King Philip II of France | ||
noun • Italian pope from 1198 to 1216 who instituted the Fourth Crusade and under whom papal intervention in European politics reached its height (1160-1216) | ||||
| 30% | 5 | Village elder in medieval England | ||
noun • female ruff verb • pass a rope through • pass through a hole or opening • fasten by passing through a hole or around something | ||||
The Elder Made King Of England
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ETHELRED which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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ETHELRED
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