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1. Sport based on an activity that was a central part of ancient Polynesian culture
2. The ___, comic strip, about a team of tiny human-like technicians who live inside heads, that first appeared in The Beezer in 1962
3. City in central Iraq on the Euphrates River that is the capital of Babylon Province
4. Coastal town in North Somerset on the Severn Estuary that is the location of the headquarters of Avon and Somerset Constabulary
5. ___ and Gladrags, song written by Mike dAbo that was used as the theme song of the BBC series The Office
6. Oscar-winning musical based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp
7. ___ Monday is the first Monday of the year
8. A marine percoid fish of the family Labridae
9. Editor of Private Eye who is also a team captain on the BBC quiz show Have I Got News for You
10. A bird of the family Strigidae
11. 1968 film in which Tony Curtis starred as Albert DeSalvo
12. Another name for caustic soda
13. 1971 film starring Richard Roundtree in the title role
14. Greek god of love whose Roman counterpart was Cupid
15. Tony ___, manager who took charge of Blackburn Rovers in 2017
16. American rock band whose best known songs is (Dont Fear) The Reaper
17. 1850 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, that is a requiem for his friend Arthur Henry Hallam
18. Chocolate bar that originated in Sweden and Norway in 1953
19. The main championship game of American football, held annually in January
20. The ___ Brothers were the musical duo Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield
21. A crustacean of the order that includes woodlice
22. Character played by Bernard Youens in Coronation Street from 1964 to 1984
23. Traditional enemies of the mods in British youth culture
24. Republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa whose capital is Praia
25. Large town in Greater London that is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Redbridge
26. Manager of the Beatles from 1962 to 1967
27. See 50
28. Indie rock band from Dundee whose debut album, Hats Off to the Buskers, was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize
29. South American country whose capital is Paramaribo
30. Rugby League competition last won by Leigh Centurions in 2013
31. Golf knitwear and clothing company that supplied shirts and knitwear to the European Ryder Cup Team from 1987 to 2014
32. Relationship of Arnold Schoenberg to Alexander Zemlinsky, for example
33. Another name for a hookah
34. Leather finished with a fine velvet-like nap
35. See 3
36. In philately, a design for a stamp submitted to the postal authorities for consideration but not used
37. Character in Virgils epic poem the Aeneid who was a brother-in-arms of Hector
38. Commercial music streaming service launched in Sweden in October 2008
39. Bird to which the adjective psittacine relates
40. A garden tool or machine used on lawns to improve soil drainage and encourage worms, microfauna and microflora
41. A bass tuba that coils over the shoulder of a band musician
42. Michael Jackson single that topped the US and UK charts simultaneously in 1983
43. 2012 Oliver Stone film based on the novel of the same name by Don Winslow
44. Music festival held at Max Yasgurs dairy farm in the Catskills in August 1969
45. Greek philosopher who held that the highest good is pleasure
46. The most sensuous word in the English language, according to Philip Marlow in Dennis Potters The Singing Detective
47. Kingdom in southern Africa whose capital is Maseru
48. 1981 film starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare Grogan
49. 1996 film starring Winona Ryder and Lukas Haas, loosely based on a short story by James Salter
50. 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf centring on the Ramsays and their visits to the Isle of Skye
51. A note known as a sixty-fourth note in North America
52. Nicola ___, Italian sculptor noted for his pulpit in the baptistry of Pisa Cathedral
53. ___ of Asha, single by Cornershop that reached number one in the UK chart in 1998
54. Vladimir Ilyich ___, first premier of the Soviet Union
55. Character who marries Estella in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
56. American pop rock band comprising three brothers, best known for the 1997 hit MMMBop
57. Capital of the Finistère department of Brittany
58. The county town of County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland
59. A managed colony of birds such as the one at Abbotsbury in Dorset, written records of which go back to 1393
60. Former Aston Villa and England striker whose middle name is Imuetinyan
61. Spanish tennis player who won the mens singles title at the US Open in 1975
62. Indian city famous for its Mogul architecture, such as the Taj Mahal
63. Sultanate in SE Arabia whose capital is Muscat
64. The particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
65. Scottish tourist resort on the River Tummel noted for its 310-metre salmon ladder
66. American animated TV series set in Third Street School
67. See 45
68. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology after whom a psychological complex is named
69. German composer who wrote the music for Bertolt Brechts The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and The Threepenny Opera
70. Stage name of Ryan Williams whose drum and bass collective Reprazent won the 1997 Mercury Prize
71. African country whose capital is Ndjamena
72. American golfer who won the Open Championship in 1961 and 1962
73. A lining applied to the walls of a room, especially one of wood panelling
74. 2006 top 10 hit for The Zutons covered by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse in 2007
75. English nurse known as the Lady with the Lamp
76. The lead singer of Hermans Hermits
77. 1983 single by Lionel Richie kept off the top of the UK chart by Billy Joels Uptown Girl
78. Journalist who presented All Our Yesterdays on ITV from 1961 to 1973
79. American actor whose films include All the Presidents Men, Julia and Parenthood
80. Protozoan of the phylum Rhizopoda able to change shape because of the movements of cell processes
81. See 24
82. 1968 Tom Jones hit adopted by supporters of Stoke City as their club anthem
83. American author whose first novel was Fear of Flying
84. Singer who had a number one with Without You in 1971
85. The capital and chief port of Thailand
86. Actor who played the title character in the 1979 film Mad Max
87. Actress whose films include In the Line of Fire, Ransom and The Thomas Crown Affair
88. One of the small orange aliens who travel around in a top hat in the classic childrens TV series Clangers
89. Town in NW Italy famous for its sparkling wine
90. British architect whose works include the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyds building in London
91. Oscar-winning 2012 film directed by, and starring, Ben Affleck
92. 70s sitcom starring Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper and Kate Williams
93. A cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane or rotor blade
94. The largest and most important island in French Polynesia, whose capital is Papeete
95. Grey mineral that is the chief source of lead
96. Harry Potter and the ___ of Secrets, second novel in the series written by J K Rowling
97. Navigator after whom the continent of America was named
98. American fashion doll launched in 1959
99. A collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published in 1798
100. Danish philosopher and theologian whose works include Either/Or and The Concept of Dread