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1. 1934 Cole Porter musical set aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London
2. Former England rugby player who became a team captain on A Question of Sport in 2004
3. A 1991 film starring Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin
4. A small insectivorous terrestrial lizard of warm regions
5. An orchestral passage between verses of an aria or song
6. 1995 film starring Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite and Kevin Spacey
7. State of NE India whose capital is Gangtok
8. City and port of entry in NE Mexico, in Tamaulipas state on the Rio Grande
9. Variety of peach tree whose fruit has a smooth skin
10. In the Robin Hood legend, a wandering minstrel who became a member of the Merry Men
11. English actress who played Annie Palmer in EastEnders from 1997 until 1999
12. A raised platform set up in a church as the appointed place for preaching
13. An agile terrestrial marsupial of Australia and New Guinea that feeds mainly on small invertebrates
14. A cocktail of rum, Curaçao and lime juice
15. Means of controlling conception without the aid of a contraceptive device
16. A variety of Curaçao liqueur made from the dried peels of bitter and sweet oranges
17. A skin eruption or rash occurring in measles or scarlet fever
18. A loose-woven gauzelike cotton fabric used as a material for making shirts and blouses in the 1960s and 1970s
19. Name used by Gareth Jones when he presented the TV shows BMX Beat, Music Box and Get Fresh
20. Italian scholar whose political treatise Defensor pacis is seen as the most revolutionary in the late Middle Ages
21. Coronation Street character who was a barmaid at the The Rovers Return, played by Sue Jenkins between 1985 and 1988
22. An assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach
23. A printed, patterned cotton fabric with glazed finish
24. Non-competitive sporting fixtures
25. Comedian who married Jennifer Saunders in 1985
26. Hospital-based sitcom that starred starred James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli and Richard Wilson
27. American author and journalist to whom Salman Rushdie dedicated his 2008 novel The Enchantress of Florence
28. In J K Rowlings Harry Potter stories, Marvolo Gaunts ring, Tom Riddles diary, Helga Hufflepuffs cup, Salazar Slytherins locket, Rowena Ravenclaws diadem, Harry Potter and Nagini
29. 2004 album by Green Day following the life of a character called Jesus of Suburbia
30. Inflammation of the ear
31. A medical application also called a cataplasm
32. In ancient Rome, an officer elected by the plebs to protect their interests
33. Nikolai ___, Russian author whose best-known works are The Government Inspector and Dead Souls
34. The eighth sign of the zodiac
35. The largest city in Tanzania
36. A carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae
37. A musical time signature indicating two or four minims to a bar
38. Leslie ___, Singapore-born British novelist who created the character Simon Templar, known as The Saint
39. 1971 single and album by John Lennon
40. Distillation product from coal tar boiling containing aromatic hydrocarbons
41. In Greek mythology, a nymph dwelling in a lake, river, spring or fountain
42. A medical condition characterised by dizziness, abdominal cramp and prostration
43. State of SE India whose capital is Hyderabad
44. Czech-born British playwright whose works include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Travesties
45. The important commercial food fish Gadus macrocephalus
46. Part of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska
47. Companies that provide online shopping
48. The capital of Portugal from 1190 to 1260 and the seat of the countrys oldest university
49. See 41
50. 1980s BBC comedy sketch show that starred Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield
51. Technical name for short-sightedness
52. Common name for the drug amphetamine
53. Carnivorous green insect that rests with the first pair of legs raised
54. Dog such as Marmaduke in a newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson and the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Scooby-Doo
55. US state known as the Hoosier state
56. Winner of the womens modern pentathlon at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney
57. Alter ego of Ororo Munroe in the X-Men film series played by Halle Berry and Alexandra Shipp
58. See 35
59. 1929 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialised in the magazine Black Mask
60. Urban area in South Wales whose last coal mine closed in 1990
61. Mikhail ___, Russian anarchist and writer expelled from the First International after conflicts with Karl Marx
62. Indian tree, also called a bo tree, resembling the banyan and regarded as sacred by Buddhists
63. Russ ___, cult American film director whose successful low-budget sexploitation films include Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
64. BBC sitcom created by Johnny Speight in 1965
65. A pale yellow Swiss cheese with holes
66. Fruit whose name is derived from a Nahuatl word for testicle
67. 1977 Richard Attenborough film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman
68. Song from Led Zeppelins untitled fourth album featuring John Paul Jones on mandolin
69. Joint containing the talus
70. The capital of the Czech Republic
71. A type of percussion orchestra common in the East Indies
72. Widely cultivated herbaceous garden plant of the family Cruciferae with clusters of small yellow or white flowers
73. 1958 Blake Edwards film, starring Debbie Reynolds, adapted from the F Hugh Herbert play For Love or Money
74. Soluble powder that turns red under acid conditions
75. The capital of Vietnam
76. Asian starling, also called an Indian grackle, that is a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
77. Name for someone who broadcasts on Citizens Band radio
78. Civil rights activist who in 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger
79. 1970 David Lean film starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles and John Mills
80. Two-man group comprising Bill Elliott and Bobby Purvis responsible for the 1974 hit single Costafine Town
81. The branch of medicine concerned with the heart and its diseases
82. The capital of Albania
83. An ancient alphabetical writing system used by the Celts in Britain and Ireland
84. Bert ___, Scottish guitarist who was a founding member of Pentangle
85. A line on a map connecting places with an equal period of sunshine
86. Boo ___, golfer whose only Ryder Cup appearance was with the victorious US team in 2008
87. Son of Poseidon and brother of Ephialtes in Greek mythology
88. American composer whose best-known works include Fanfare for the Common Man
89. The thirteenth novel in Émile Zolas twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart, often considered his masterpiece
90. 1991 Ridley Scott film starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in the title roles
91. Another name for puffer or porcupine fish
92. 1991 single by AC/DC played by German Bundesliga football club Mainz 05 at half time
93. The temple on the Acropolis in Athens built in the 5th century BC
94. Former Yorkshire, Essex and England bowler who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2005
95. 1975 top ten hit for Jonathan King subtitled White Dove
96. Mountainous Mediterranean island that was Napoleon Bonapartes first place of exile
97. The capital of Pakistan
98. Gog ___ Downs, range of low chalk hills south east of Cambridge
99. Satellite of Jupiter discovered in 1979
100. System of Christian belief that rejects the Trinity and the divinity of Christ