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ALBIONArchaic and poetic name for the island of Great Britain (6)
GLAIVEArchaic and poetic name for a sword; originally a medieval slicing weapon consisting of a single-edged blade mounted on a long pole (6)
DAYSPRINGA somewhat archaic and poetic word for the bursting forth of dawn and the morning's first rays of light (9)
FAINGladly (archaic and poetic) (4)
LIZARDThe _ _ _ _ _ _ , peninsula in Cornwall that is the southernmost part of the island of Great Britain (6)
THURSOScottish town that is the northernmost on the island of Great Britain (6)
AUSTERPoetic name for the south wind (6)
IZZARDArchaic and dialect word for the letter Z, thought to derive from the Old French for 'and zed' (6)
CATHAYAn archaic and literary name for China
AURIGNYFrench name for the island of Alderney, shared with the flag carrier airline of the Bailiwick of Guernsey (7)
TAHITI"Castle in the air" cleaners left for the Island (6)
EIREThe Gaelic name for the island of Ireland (4)
HIBERNIAWhat is the classical Latin name for the island of Ireland? (8)
ARCADOPoetic name for a district of Greece (6)
ARCADYPoetic name for a district of Greece (6)
OCEANIACollective name for the islands of the central and S. Pacific (7)
GASCON(Archaic & Literary) A boastful person (6)
DEFOEAuthor of Robinson Crusoe and the 18th-century travelogue A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (5)
OTAHEITEHistorical name for the island of Tahiti
LEWISWITHHARRISWhat is one of the names for the island in the Outer Hebrides, also called the Long Island, famous f