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1. American actress who won a record four Best Actress Oscars
2. Overall title of several series of films written and directed by Edgar Reitz featuring life in Germany between 1919 and 2000
3. Former name of Benin
4. The uppermost and widest of the three sections of the hipbone
5. A thick white sauce named after a steward of Louis XIV of France
6. Daughter to Cymbeline in Shakespeares play
7. Any whole number or zero
8. Classic song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 that became a doo-wop hit when recorded by The Marcels in 1961
9. English actress whose TV roles include Joan Booth in Love Thy Neighbour and Audrey Withey in Widows
10. The second brightest star in the sky
11. The worlds largest lake
12. Bony segments that make up the spinal column
13. Town in the Czech Republic that was the site of Napoleons victory over Russian and Austrian armies in 1805
14. A trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to that of the hypotenuse
15. J R R Tolkien character described as the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth
16. African country whose capital is Lomé
17. Bernard ___, officer who successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein
18. English conspirator executed in 1606 for his part in the Gunpowder Plot
19. Queen of England from 1558 to 1603
20. South American country whose capital is Quito
21. 1975 Neil Young studio album that features the song Cortez The Killer
22. The capital of Malta
23. Leon ___, Russian revolutionary born Lev Davidovich Bronstein
24. Roman poet and satirist whose works include the Ars Poetica
25. See 21
26. See 54
27. American rapper and actor born OShea Jackson in 1969
28. American singer-songwriter who joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975 with her partner Lindsey Buckingham
29. French actor, singer and entertainer associated with the songs Louise and Thank Heaven for Little Girls
30. 1941 novel by James Hilton
31. The seat of government of the Netherlands
32. Commercial and industrial city in northwestern Germany with a major port on the River Weser
33. Poem by John Keats that begins with the line A thing of beauty is a joy forever
34. English actor who played Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun
35. Name given to Robert Schumanns Symphony No 1 in B-flat major
36. The powdered stem of the tropical plant Curcuma longa, used as a condiment and as a yellow dye
37. 1952 play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials
38. Indian film director, actress and producer whose films include Salaam Bombay! and Monsoon Wedding
39. Arsenal wing half who captained Wales at their only ever FIFA World Cup finals, in 1958
40. Formerly, a European who made a fortune in the Orient, especially in India
41. Australian rock band best known for their 1981 worldwide hit Down Under
42. BBC sitcom starring Lenny Henry that ran from 1993 to 1996
43. Classic 1961 song written by Ben E King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
44. Percy Bysshe ___, English Romantic poet who drowned in 1822
45. The European thrush Turdus torquatus
46. Plant of the genus Senecio with yellow daisy-like flowers
47. British pop group best known for their 1987 worldwide hit Breakout
48. Fish of European Atlantic waters also called a scad
49. Latin hymn commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the crucifixion
50. See 9
51. Internet search engine launched in 1995, bought by Yahoo! in 2003 and shut down in 2013
52. The largest city in Turkey
53. 1996 disaster film starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman and Viggo Mortensen
54. A traditional Spanish form of operetta or vaudeville with alternate spoken and sung scenes
55. State of NE India with the heaviest rainfall in the world
56. Plant whose varieties are pollinated by different insects
57. Port in SW Spain between the estuaries of the Odiel and Tinto Rivers
58. In the Old Testament, the third son of Jacob and Leah
59. English actor best known for playing Sam Tyler in the TV series Life on Mars
60. The sixth studio album by Roxy Music, featuring the singles Trash, Dance Away and Angel Eyes
61. A flightless marine bird of the order Sphenisciformes of cool southern regions
62. Large historical division in the Scottish Highlands that now forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross
63. Character from French pantomime with a whitened face, white costume and pointed hat
64. American actress whose films include Picnic, The Man With the Golden Arm and Vertigo
65. The Latin name for the Canticle of Simeon
66. 2004 Michael Mann film starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx
67. Greek island in the Aegean that is the largest island of the Northern Sporades
68. British inventor of the first successful steam locomotive
69. Marine invertebrate also called a lamp shell
70. Craig ___, English poet whose collections include A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
71. An annelid belonging to the subclass Hirudinea
72. See 11
73. 1976 album by The Stills-Young Band whose title track was an elegy for Neil Youngs first car
74. 1986 musical that starred Cliff Richard in its West End run
75. Jonathan ___, American film director best known for The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia
76. The capital of Ghana
77. Actor who played Captain George Mainwaring in Dads Army
78. 1960 novel by Kingsley Amis featuring young teacher Jenny Bunn
79. Another name for oarweed
80. The first person to get ten Academy Award nominations for acting
81. 1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis named after a song by Elvis Costello
82. A white crystalline alcohol used as a sweetener (E420)
83. A daughter of a king of Spain or Portugal
84. A series of French delta-winged fighters and bombers made by the aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation
85. Small four-stringed guitar that originated in Hawaii in the 19th century
86. American actor, born Harvey Lee Yeary, who played Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man and Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy
87. Historic seat of the ancient Irish kings in County Meath
88. North American name for a nightjar
89. The ___, the third Dirty Harry film starring Clint Eastwood, released in 1976
90. Italian town that was a major Mediterranean port from the 10th to the 18th century
91. Subtitle of American composer John Knowles Paines Symphony No. 2 in A major
92. Ancient Egyptian god who was ruler of the underworld and judge of the dead
93. Rocky hill about 130 km southeast of Rome, site of a 1944 battle in which its monastery was destroyed by Allied bombing
94. American director whose films include Do the Right Thing and Mo Better Blues
95. Genus of saltwater clams commonly known as jingle shells and saddle oysters
96. In Roman tradition, the queen of the Olympian gods
97. The capital of Turkey
98. Seaside town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, at the northwest corner of the Fylde, whose Town football club first gained league status in 2012
99. Scottish actor and impressionist who was the first choice to play Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses
100. Steven ___, US director whose films include Jaws, ET and Jurassic Park