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1. French mathematician whose 1904 conjecture was confirmed as proven in 2006
2. Blue cartoon characters who reside in toadstool houses
3. Cuban ballroom dance
4. Condition affecting motor co-ordination
5. Actor whose TV roles include DCI John Luther
6. Mushtaq -, Pakistani leg-spin bowler who won three county championships with Sussex
7. Early centre of Christianity
8. Fabric whose name derives from the capital of Syria
9. Sebastian -, winner of four consecutive Formula One drivers' championships
10. Orange-flavoured liqueur from the Caribbean
11. Traditional Welsh stringed instrument
12. Novel that introduced readers to Gandalf and Gollum
13. Ancient philosopher who said: "To go too far is the same as not to go far enough”
14. 1980s synthpop duo of Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke
15. Bird on the RSPB's logo
16. High-pitched vocal register employed by male singers
17. Wagner opera inspired by the quest for the Holy Grail
18. Turkish port on the Aegean Sea
19. Seat of the dukes of Devonshire
20. - Valentino, 1920s Italian matinee idol
21. Irrepressible actress who played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films
22. Flamboyant band fronted by Bryan Ferry
23. Beer and lemonade drink
24. Home of the Norse gods
25. Martial art in which Jade Jones has won two Olympic golds for Great Britain
26. Joseph Conrad novel set in the republic of Costaguana
27. Ex-Soviet EU state
28. Football club that play home games at Stamford Bridge
29. Tree of which the Australian wattle is one type
30. Composer of Carmen
31. Disastrous, devastating
32. Many energy drinks are labelled as ____
33. A passage used in injection moulding, or the material from it, such as the framework holding parts in a modelling kit
34. Host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 since 2015
35. Burt Reynolds made his directorial debut with this 1976 action comedy film set in a swamp
36. Sheets of this plastic material are used on overhead projectors
37. The wetland plant purple ____ is visible in the Ophelia painting by John Everett Millais
38. A brood-pouch or egg capsule
39. Scottish-born philanthropist who said "The man who dies . . . rich dies disgraced”
40. A venomous arachnid of the Latrodectus genus
41. The daughter of Al Hirschfield, whose name was frequently hidden in his illustrations
42. The chairing of the Bard is an important moment in the National ____ of Wales
43. A cricketer such as Glenn McGrath or Courtney Walsh
44. Jennifer ____'s first TV appearance was as Calypso in Channel 4's 1992 adaptation of The Camomile Lawn
45. Leonid Brezhnev replaced ____ in 1964
46. Northanger Abbey character who leaves James Morland in favour of the wealthier Captain Tilney
47. Poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, as often found in bullet-proof vests
48. Henry James novel of 1879 set in Switzerland and Italy
49. The Vatican stands in Rome's ____ City
50. The bird stylised in the logo of Lufthansa
51. Capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
52. An indigenous people of Kenya and Tanzania
53. Punt mooring poles
54. Author and broadcaster who gained fame as co-presenter of Through the Keyhole
55. A house in Italy or Spain
56. Verse form first used by Dante in the Divine Comedy
57. Retired athlete who sometimes commentates in TV coverage of field events
58. Neighbours is set primarily in ____ Street
59. One who studies fossils
60. Narrow-minded principles
61. Caravaggio work depicting the resurrected Jesus revealing himself to two disciples
62. American football position close to the tackle
63. 1999 romantic comedy film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant
64. Train of attendants or a funeral procession
65. The "way of gentleness” as a martial art
66. Ridden by Ben De Haan, winner of the 1983 Grand National
67. Property between Community Chest and Income Tax on a standard UK Monopoly board
68. American folk hero killed during a card game by Jack McCall
69. Sole living member of the order Tubulidentata
70. The Prime Minister of Belgium
71. To divide a word into speech segments
72. A state of Brazil, its name meaning "thick bush”
73. Netherlands city which is a hub of radio and television broadcasting
74. A strong, crease-resistant synthetic fabric
75. Governing body of open-wheel racing in the USA
76. Maker of the "violin” bass guitar much used by Paul McCartney
77. The capital of Upper Austria
78. The capital of Austria, to Austrians
79. Ruler's still virtually one foot
80. More up for it here in Hamburg taking in old service
81. Whim to embrace cheek before Pastor's light-heartedness
82. It is in pot making tea of sorts
83. Increase strength in the morning with shaver
84. Dutch is in part an old charmer
85. I'll stand for last of these in compiler that's hard to get wrong
86. Before noon poet is moving with moderate pace
87. Annals of Tacitus or Ovid's poem? Sound bit of instruction
88. Bits of fibre and, informally, juices?
89. Fitter on trailer modifying attachment
90. You see this up in Canada — function with Evian, eg
91. Model in to run a lottery in Perth, perhaps
92. Newton in undoing argument
93. Emperor accepted in Tuileries Palace, the prodigious bounder
94. Smart chap eg expert about northern officer checking wallop
95. Mittens adjusted appropriately for fine snare
96. No good and tiny bit of African rhino
97. Dispatching one, skipper will receive special help for handling cables
98. PM is more behind exploiting notion it turned out
99. Locksmith does this on getting into restraints
100. It's about fluid with a nose mostly