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1. American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Peanuts
2. Giant monster or daikaiju who first appeared in Ishiro Hondas 1954 film of the same name
3. A fast-moving seventeenth-century trick-taking card game that was the first card game in which a trump suit was established by bidding
4. Sheikhdom on the Persian Gulf whose capital is Manama
5. The western terminus for the District and Central lines on the London Underground
6. Anglican clergyman after whom the Rugby World Cup is named
7. Society founded by the Reverend Tubby Clayton in 1919
8. A white crystalline monosaccharide sugar that has several optically active forms
9. The third largest toy company in the United States when it was bought by Mattel in 1997
10. Daniel ___, Irish politician known as The Liberator
11. Transparent brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling the soot of wood, used for pen and wash drawings
12. First name of the writer who was a sibling of Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell
13. Soft membranous gap between the bones of the skull in a foetus or infant
14. The supreme creator god in Norse mythology
15. District of London that includes Battersea Power Station and the New Covent Garden Market
16. Detective created by Georges Simenon
17. ___ Squalor, girlfriend of Count 49 Across in Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events stories
18. The state capital of Oregon
19. Venue for the 1968 Olympic Games
20. Gaeltacht village in County Mayo, Ireland, whose Gaelic name is Gob an Choire
21. The 12th studio album by Elvis Costello and his first for Warner Brothers
22. The state capital of Florida
23. Latin name for the onion genus
24. Influential 1963 book by James Baldwin containing two essays
25. Generic name for small handmade functional household objects made of wood
26. English rock band whose hit singles include I Predict A Riot and Ruby
27. Snowman in the 2013 Disney film Frozen voiced by Josh Gad
28. TV channel launched in April 1964
29. The bird Haliaetus albicilla, also called an erne
30. First name of the Larkin played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in the TV series The Darling Buds of May
31. In cycling, the main field of riders in a road race
32. City in Sudan at which the Mahdi defeated a British and Egyptian army in 1883
33. Scottish singer born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie in 1948
34. Furniture item designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the German Pavilion at the International Exposition of 1929
35. Game whose British and World Championship has been held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex, every year since 1932
36. Cosgrove Hall animated TV series that was a spin-off from Danger Mouse, also featuring the voice of David Jason in the title role
37. The large Indian antelope Boselaphus tragocamelus
38. See 25
39. Country whose capital is Bogotá
40. 2002 Steven Spielberg film starring Tom Cruise, loosely based on the short story of the same name by Philip K Dick
41. The largest river in the world by volume
42. Twin brother of Artemis in classical mythology
43. Opening track of Supertramps 1974 album Crime of the Century
44. Discipline that studies and treats mental illness and mental retardation
45. 1965 film starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret and Jack Palance
46. The capital and chief port of Bermuda
47. Association of London underwriters set up in the late 17th century
48. 1890 play by Henrik Ibsen whose central characters surname is Tesman
49. French multinational integrated oil and gas company founded in 1924 as the Compagnie française des pétroles
50. 1936 Rodgers and Hart musical featuring the song Glad to Be Unhappy
51. 1989 Joe Dante film starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern and Carrie Fisher
52. Character in The Lord of the Rings who was the elder son of Denethor II, the last ruling Steward of Gondor
53. Director of the Government Accountability Office, the agency founded in 1921 to ensure the accountability of the US federal government
54. Mammal of the genus Galictis also called a South American wolverine
55. The intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought that typifies the culture of a particular period in time
56. The chief river of the Midlands
57. A mountain nymph in Greek mythology
58. Part of the body that includes the medulla oblongata and the pons
59. City in Volusia County, Florida, that is the headquarters of NASCAR and the Grand American Road Racing Association
60. Genus to which scops owls mostly belong
61. West African republic on the Atlantic whose capital is Dakar
62. Song by Stevie Wonder, from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life, celebrating the birth of his daughter Aisha
63. A 1977 UK number one single by Brotherhood of Man
64. English drummer and founder member of The Stranglers born Brian John Duffy in 1938
65. See 4
66. The cgs unit of magnetic field strength, equivalent to 79.58 amperes per metre
67. A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta
68. A sudden violent or illegal seizure of government
69. Parenthetical part of the title of an Andy Williams hit single with lyrics by Carl Sigman added to Francis Lais instrumental theme from the 1970 film Love Story
70. ___ acid, another name for phenol, especially when used as an antiseptic or disinfectant
71. In Norse mythology, the ash tree that was thought to overshadow the world
72. The nickname of Portsmouth FC
73. The lowest temperature theoretically attainable
74. Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich
75. See 50
76. Nickname given to the witch Nannie Dee in Robert Burns poem Tam o Shanter
77. Underground vaults, especially those used for burials
78. City in North Brabant in the Netherlands that is the home of Philips and DAF Trucks
79. Irish poet and dramatist awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1923
80. Technical name for the big toe
81. A part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land, under French sovereignty
82. Steve ___, captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004
83. English actor-manager and Mencap campaigner noted for his Whitehall farces
84. George Michaels third studio album, released in 1996
85. See 14
86. American novelist, screenwriter and biographer who lost the 1941 Cincinnati Masters mens singles final to Bobby Riggs
87. The capital of Pakistan
88. UK Overseas Territory whose capital is Hamilton
89. ___ Field, home base of two Boeing VC-25A aircraft with the call sign Air Force One when the US president is on board
90. 1990s BBC1 sitcom that starred Kevin McNally and George Cole
91. 1983 Michael Jackson single that reached number 3 in the UK chart
92. English novelist best known for his childrens fantasy novels such as The Owl Service and Red Shift
93. Piece of embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long depicting the Norman conquest of England
94. County Cricket Club with three pears on its badge
95. Irish golfer who was Open Champion in 2007 and 2008
96. Home video game console released by Sega in 1998
97. Former member of Roxy Music who was one of the principal innovators of ambient music
98. Jimmy Webb song that gave Glen Campbell a worldwide hit in 1968
99. Town in Campania that was the centre of Garibaldis campaigns for the unification of Italy
100. See 36 Across