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1. Heraldic star with wavy points
2. The sixth planet from the Sun
3. Coniferous tree
4. The hero of stories by G.K. Chesterton
5. Capital of Bahrain
6. Son of Leontes in Shakespeares The Winters Tale
7. Andrew --, American chef and television personality
8. Psychoactive alkaloid used as an experimental treatment for drug and alcohol addiction
9. 1973 horror film starring Deborah Walley and Paul Carr
10. Novel by Edna OBrien, published in 1972
11. London West End theatre
12. Ingemar --, Swedish alpine ski racer who won two gold medals at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Games
13. Horace --, character created by the writer and barrister John Mortimer
14. Ulysses S. --, the 18th President of the United States
15. Genus of plants and shrubs with clusters of very small, brightly-coloured, four-petal flowers
16. The muscular third stomach of a ruminant animal
17. City near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, in California
18. -- Waltz, the signature song of Patti Page
19. Synthetic fibre characterised by its ability to recover its original form after stretching
20. Any of a genus of plants of the mallow family often having lobed leaves and solitary bell-shaped flowers
21. Republic of Ireland county
22. 1992 film starring Al Pacino and Chris ODonnell
23. Port on the Atlantic coast of Brazil
24. -- beat, a syncopated rhythm widely used in rock music
25. Musical based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs written by Lynn Riggs
26. Largest city in Scotland
27. In the Old Testament, the second son of Jacob and Leah
28. West Saxon abbot of Malmesbury (639-709)
29. Pale yellow Swiss cheese with holes in
30. -- Hemingway, US author
31. Moth of a family whose hairy caterpillars are known as woolly bears
32. Isle of Wight resort
33. Virus named after a river in Democratic Republic of Congo
34. George Gershwin song recorded by Ella Fitzgerald
35. Time fixed for start of a military operation
36. Community concerned with pursuit of education and scholarship
37. Surpass in guile or cunning
38. Chartres is the capital of this French department
39. Site of nuclear processing plant in West Cumbria
40. Australasian soldier
41. Rosalind?¿½s lover in As You Like It
42. 1933 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers
43. Province of south-west Ireland
44. -- Spencer, Princess Dianas stepmother
45. Of a guardian e.g. appointed for a lawsuit
46. The -- is Wild, 1957 biographical drama film
47. Japanese swordsmanship
48. International RC organisation of priests and lay people
49. Village in Dorset with a swannery
50. French Calvinist of 16th or 17th century
51. Taking industrial action
52. Combining form indicating medical treatment
53. Spiced herring fillets
54. Author of Through the Looking-Glass
55. Scottish carbonated soft drink
56. and 9: 1990 film starring Gerard Depardieu
57. Rebellious state of discontent
58. -- Stevenson, 1900-1965, US statesman
59. Name of three kings of the Belgians
60. Marcus Porcius --, opponent of Caesar
61. Wryneck genus
62. Hull --, Rugby Union team
63. Village on shores of Loch Scavaig on Isle of Skye
64. Finger nearest to ones thumb
65. Type of sound reproduction equipment
66. Dull or uninteresting quality of some food
67. Town in central Australia
68. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology
69. Small lively eel, the sand eel
70. Author of Thomas the Tank Engine books
71. Predatory or keen-sighted person
72. Act of being released from an official duty
73. Obsolete medical word for scabies
74. Person from Muscat perhaps
75. -- Fitzgerald, US jazz singer
76. Mischievous clown hero of a popular German folk tale
77. In North America a system of charging for hotel room only
78. Warwickshire county cricket ground
79. George --, pen name of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin
80. Used a salmon-spear
81. Euphrasy, plant with purple-and-white flowers
82. Twelfth ecclesiastical month in the Jewish calendar
83. Deep-fried chicken dish
84. Spoutless ancient Greek jug
85. Canal connecting North Sea with Baltic Sea
86. Sir -- Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, English explorer
87. Alternative spelling for grassland in South Africa
88. Opera oratorio in two acts by Stravinsky
89. Pop group whose hits include Super Trouper
90. -- Place, centre for Christian retreats etc near Battle in East Sussex
91. Mont --, highest peak in the Alps
92. Tradename for a paper handkerchief
93. Membranous structure
94. Town in south-east Staffordshire
95. Marked with spots or splotches
96. Small fireproof dish used for serving individual portions
97. Fragrant healing ointment
98. Short cheerful lively Italian song
99. Cloak with a hood and wide sleeves
100. Country east of Eden mentioned in Genesis