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Crossword 089: It's No Utes

Daniel Maclise, Caxton Showing the First Specimen of his Printing to King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth at the Almonry, Westminster
Daniel Maclise, Caxton Showing the First Specimen of his Printing to King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth at the Almonry, Westminster

The painting illustrates 17 Across, sort of—of course, nothing illegal is going on here; but the man in the shadows, just to the right of the king, looks as though he might be plotting something.

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089 It’s No Utes