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1. One-time writing partner of Graham Chapman
2. Novella by Colette about a reluctant courtesan
3. Oldest singer to enter the UK top ten with an album of new material
4. Type of macaque commonly kept in captivity
5. One or two-masted vessel of the Red Sea and beyond
6. Classic historical sitcom produced by John Lloyd
7. Early horror film starring Max Schreck
8. Canine pal of the children's character Sooty
9. Manchester-based symphony orchestra founded in 1858
10. Author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
11. Short-haired hunting dog named after a German city
12. US composer of the experimental piece 4'33”
13. Edible seed of trees of the genus Juglans
14. River that flows into a wildlife-rich delta in Botswana
15. June 6, 1944
16. Tennis player who reached more grand-slam singles finals than any other
17. Actress whose eight minutes of screen time in Shakespeare in Love won her an Oscar
18. TV drama inspired by the book The Covent Garden Ladies
19. Insect whose UK species may have from two to 24 spots
20. Subject of the fourth labour undertaken by Hercules
21. Exclamation meaning "I have found (it)!” in Greek
22. Owen -, Welsh leader who appears under this name in Henry IV, Part One
23. Hard yellow Swiss cheese
24. The -, 1997 film set in post-industrial Sheffield
25. Whit Sunday
26. 1977 film retrospectively subtitled A New Hope
27. French scholar famed for his ill-fated romance with Héloïse
28. Native American people now mainly living in Oklahoma
29. Area north of c 66 degrees N
30. Personal magnetism or a divinely bestowed talent
31. In Joseph Heller's novel, ____-22 is a no-win situation
32. ____ tree is another name for false acacia
33. Conor ____ O'Brien won seats as a member of the (Irish) Labour party and the United Kingdom Unionist Party
34. Boris Godunov was the best-known role sung by bass opera singer Feodor ____
35. Whatever ____ Wants is the best-known song from the 1955 musical Damn Yankees
36. ____ components can be used together without alteration
37. Take the easiest way at the expense of high standards
38. Releases pent-up energy — like the 26A in the past
39. Have a discussion — or the opposite!
40. London tube station with four Northern line platforms
41. Something good may fall into one's ____
42. Villein who occupied a house and land in return for labour
43. Titled passenger train from Paddington to Penzance
44. Women's ____, Second World War civilian organisation created to strengthen the agricultural workforce
45. Substance produced by an endocrine gland, carried in blood to other organs and modifying their function
46. Introduced laws once again, after a lapse
47. Southernmost peninsula of Skye, home of a branch of Clan MacDonald
48. The foremost Anglican _____ is that of 30A
49. Karma ____, Culture Club's No 1 single from their 1983 album Colour by Numbers
50. Principal seaport of Sri Lanka, which Nelson called one of the world's best natural harbours
51. Relating to the liver
52. Capital and second largest city of Nebraska
53. ____'s first published mystery was Last Bus to Woodstock
54. An upper chamber in a large medieval house
55. In card play, an attempt to take a trick with a possible rather than definite winner, hoping to gain an extra trick
56. His first major poetic work was The Shepheardes Calender
57. A sweetened form of oloroso sherry
58. Starter very commonly served in Britain in the 1970s
59. British rowers won the men's ____ four at every Olympic games from 2000 to 2016
60. Show absolutely no concern about something
61. Scottish crime-writer whose characters include the detective Karen Pirie and the psychologist Tony Hill
62. Michael ____'s televised travel included a circumnavigation
63. Long for British car that's small
64. Lacking respect, Independent MP sacked leaving obligations
65. Religious mystery showing in state capital, nothing less
66. Rather engaging term used in Queensland
67. Face model after work
68. Tinder provided by one crazy man in Durban
69. Bridge system in place not entirely backed
70. Cattle pens time after time overturned? Almost
71. Jag seals about right for saloon worker?
72. Marshal reloading number of linked mines
73. No Scottish banks make a loud noise for lady
74. Insect up sticks caught
75. Free men close ranks originally to be different
76. Narrow-minded on large island
77. Opening item in programme not started
78. Work out too much in public, then shower
79. Heard order for starter is sweet
80. Prearranged call top agent put out for spy
81. Enter vehicle to get home, a rudimentary one
82. New ideas leader put out for forensic test
83. Romeo and a smitten former lover
84. Nearly all having gone north lied about Murrayfield beating
85. Justification for absorbing mature port charges
86. Coarse snuff apparently in traditional Angus enclosure
87. Armed warriors clear, marches banned
88. Upset one on bench
89. Troublesome situation in fish pond
90. Sellers perhaps fastest to make a public statement
91. Raising a tax shelter externally
92. Rake over very small area below Italian mansion, bottom of garden
93. Play at once excited? I'm not sure
94. Witness leaving with oddly small maps in the corner
95. Note on raw recruit Republican sent out for Congress
96. Greek money as before left out for bulk carriers
97. What's turned up in morning-after pill box?
98. Judge accommodates number previously cut
99. I know I've got it: novi
100. Vehemens amatrix ut Corinna, Ov. Am. 2.17.7