BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Sir Francis 1540 (or 1543) –1596 English navigator and buccaneer" Crossword Clue

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BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Sir Francis 1540 (or 1543) –1596 English navigator and buccaneer" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
2. adult male of a wild or domestic duck

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

NAVIGATOR (noun)
1. the ship’s officer in charge of navigation
2. in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
BIOGRAPHICAL (adjective)
1. of or relating to or being biography

Hint 3: Anagram

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Across

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26. Wordplay often used by Shakespeare

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25. Falls behind

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29. ADJECTIVE: "being a single unit or thing"

30. Tree with needles

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