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- 1.Epiphytic plant that grows as long bluish-grey strands suspended from the branches of trees
- 2.Aromatic Mediterranean plant with small pale purple flowers
- 3.Character in Greek mythology who slew the Minotaur
- 4.City and capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India
- 5.Tree of temperate regions that bears small edible triangular nuts
- 6.Flightless bird of Mauritius that was hunted to extinction is 1662
- 7.& 17A 1992 film thriller starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone
- 8.Japanese golfer; 1978 World Match Play Championship winner
- 9.Mel —, Pop Art painter whose works include Lola Cola and Elephant Seal
- 10.Anita Brookner 1984 Booker-McConnell Prize-winning novel
- 11.See 20 Across
- 12.Tommy —, German tennis player; 2013 BMW Open singles tournament winner
- 13.Front part of the lower leg
- 14.& 12A 1956 novel by Nelson Algren
- 15.Rocky —, rugby union flanker; 2005 Australia Test debutant against Samoa
- 16.Giacomo —, 500cc motorcycle world championship winner from 1966-72
- 17.John —, 1989 World Indoor Championships 200m gold medallist
- 18.E J —, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 201 against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in 1964
- 19.City and state capital of Perak, Malaysia
- 20.Noble family of Italy that governed Modena and Reggio from the 13th to the 18th century
- 21.James —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Ghosts of Mississippi
- 22.1960 Walt Disney film starring Hayley Mills in the title role
- 23.See 15
- 24.John Philip —, US composer of marches The Stars and Stripes Forever and Semper Fidelis
- 25.Large crocodilian of the southern US
- 26.River that rises in the Cairngorm Mountains before flowing east to the North Sea
- 27.& 6D 1939 film comedy starring Groucho Marx as J Cheever Loophole
- 28.Beetle regarded as divine by the ancient Egyptians
- 29.Henry —, child actor who played Elliott in 1982 family film ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
- 30.Bottom-dwelling ray with a flattened diamond-shaped body
- 31.Trevor —, chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1968-86
- 32.River in central Europe that flows to the North Sea at Hamburg
- 33.1990 Derek Jarman film drama starring Tilda Swinton
- 34.Bjarne —, 1996 Tour de France-winning cyclist
- 35.Dmitry —, Russian tennis player; 2011 UNICEF Open singles tournament winner
- 36.White-flowered European plant of the parsley family whose leaves are used for flavouring food
- 37.See 4 Down
- 38.Walled city in Lombardy, Italy, north-east of Milan
- 39.& 20D 2016 comedy-drama film starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller
- 40.Tactical play in the last few tricks of a game of bridge forcing an opponent to make a particular lead
- 41.Alcoholic drink made in E Europe from cereals and stale bread
- 42.2000 crime film starring Benicio Del Toro and Dennis Farina
- 43.Industrial city in Poland known as Stalinogrod from 1953-56
- 44.1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role
- 45.The —, 1872 Dostoevsky novel also called The Devils and Demons
- 46.Squire —, character in 1883 RL Stevenson novel Treasure Island
- 47.1985 film Western starring Kevin Kline and Scott Glenn
- 48.& 13A 2001 novel by Ali Smith
- 49.Erle Stanley —, author of 1937 novel The D. A. Calls It Murder and others featuring Doug Selby
- 50.Mixture of butter and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
- 51.— Handicap, flat race run at York in August over 14 furlongs
- 52.The —, 2017 novel by Jake Arnott
- 53.Geoffrey —, author of 1939 novel Rogue Male
- 54.Michael —, director of films Bad Boys, Armageddon and Transformers
- 55.David —, rugby union fly-half, 1963 Wales Test debutant against England in the Five Nations
- 56.Department of SE France; capital Grenoble
- 57.Villainous ensign in William Shakespeare play Othello
- 58.See 15 Across
- 59.1980 stage play by Brian Friel
- 60.Herb —, 1960 Olympic 1,500m gold medallist
- 61.1959 novel by Henry Miller
- 62.Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
- 63.Golden-brown pancake with deep indentations on both sides
- 64.Indian musical instrument with movable frets
- 65.Greek island off the NW coast of Turkey whose capital is Mytilene
- 66.Ship designed for Fridtjof Nansen's 1893 Arctic explorations
- 67.Ralph —, 2000 US presidential candidate of the Green Party
- 68.Tony —, rugby union wing; 1955 Ireland Test debutant against France in the Five Nations
- 69.Actress who played the female lead in 1980s ITV cop series Dempsey and Makepeace
- 70.& 12D 1993 crime drama film starring Al Pacino and Sean Penn
- 71.Berkshire racecourse that hosts the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
- 72.John —, author of novels The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy
- 73.Greg —, actor who portrayed Bob Crane in 2002 biopic Auto Focus
- 74.Variety of chalcedony with alternating black and white parallel bands
- 75.& 20D 1984 novel by Ruth Rendell
- 76.Micheline —, 1948 Olympic shot and discus gold medallist
- 77.& 13D 1982 novel by Sue Grafton; first in the Kinsey Millhone alphabet mystery series
- 78.See 1 Down
- 79.See 11 Down
- 80.Highest adult female voice
- 81.Barry —, actor who played Lt Philip Gerard in 1960s US television series The Fugitive
- 82.Aneurin —, Labour MP for Ebbw Vale from 1929-60; Minister of Health from 1945-51
- 83.See 6 Down
- 84.See 24 Across
- 85.Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird
- 86.Edward —, actor who played the title role in US television drama series Lou Grant
- 87.Moorish castle or palace in Spain such as the — of Segovia
- 88.Genus of plants of the parsley family including Miss Willmott's ghost
- 89.See 22 Down
- 90.Henry Steel —, a founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875
- 91.& 2D Australian painter whose works include 1901's An Idyll
- 92.Michael —, leader of the Labour Party from 1980-83
- 93.French style of abstract painting from the 1940s associated with Michel Tapie
- 94.Clown in William Shakespeare play Love's Labour's Lost
- 95.& 1A Dorset village above which a famous chalk giant is carved out of the hillside
- 96.Kostya —, 2001-05 IBF Light Welterweight champion
- 97.Kofi —, Secretary-General of the UN from 1997-2006
- 98.See 17 Across
- 99.2016 Breeders' Cup Classic and 2017 Dubai World Cup winner ridden by Mike E Smith
- 100.Jeff —, IBF Super Middleweight champion from 2004-06
- 101.Diamond-shaped charge in heraldry
- 102.2007 novel by Robert Goddard
- 103.River that flows to the Atlantic at Lisbon, Portugal
- 104.Commune in Nord, N France; site of a 1914 battle in World War One
- 105.Highest mountain of the Sierra Nevada range, Spain
- 106.King of Lydia from 560-546 BC noted for his great wealth
- 107.Oliver —, comedy partner of Stan Laurel
- 108.West Asian republic; capital Damascus
- 109.& 13A 1954 novel by Daphne Du Maurier
- 110.The —, 1987 crime-drama film starring Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness
- 111.Aaron —, composer of 1954 opera The Tender Land
- 112.Antonio —, Spanish architect famous for his designs for the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
- 113.Airline; flag carrier of Israel
- 114.In cricket, the fielding position on the off side closest to the bowler
- 115.Gastropod mollusc with a spirally coiled shell
- 116.King of England from 946-955
- 117.Primo —, author of 1975 volume of short stories The Periodic Table
- 118.German submarine in World Wars I and II
- 119.Bob —, Australia wing whose final cap was in the 1991 Rugby World Cup Final win over England
- 120.The —, 2007 comedy-drama film starring Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans
- 121.Tom —, author of stage plays Jumpers and Travesties
- 122.1998 animated film based on a Chinese legend whose title character is voiced by Ming-Na Wen
- 123.2004 novel by Neil Jordan
- 124.Old Testament wife of Nabal and subsequently David
- 125.South American republic; capital Lima
- 126.& 11D & 7D 1892 story collection by Joel Chandler Harris
- 127.See 6 Down
- 128.See 6 Down
- 129.Any of various types of Soviet fighter aircraft
- 130.The —, trilogy of plays by Aeschylus
- 131.Faint constellation lying on the celestial equator between Leo and Hydra
- 132.George —, actor who played Norm in US television sitcom Cheers
- 133.Brendan —, author of 1958 autobiographical novel Borstal Boy
- 134.The —, Test cricket ground in London
- 135.2013 volume of novellas by Joyce Carol Oates
- 136.Melvil _, US librarian who founded a system of decimal classification
- 137.Alfred —, classical pianist who was made an honorary KBE in 1989
- 138.Bram —, author of 1897 novel Dracula
- 139.1997 biopic starring Stephen Fry
- 140.& 22A The —, 1957 radio play by John Mortimer later adapted for television and the stage
- 141.Siren in German legend said to lure boatmen from her rock at the edge of the Rhine
- 142.& 23A 2011 1,000 Guineas winner ridden by Frankie Dettori
- 143.Johannes —, Swiss painter who taught at the Bauhaus from 1919-23
- 144.Nelson —, Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation Oscar winner for 1974 film The Great Gatsby
- 145.Tropical climbing orchid whose long fleshy pods contain beans used to flavour food
- 146.See 13 Across
- 147.See 15 Across
- 148.Very fine strands of pasta used in soups
- 149.& 5D British boxing award named after a former president of the National Sporting Club
- 150.River rising in northern France that flows through Belgium into the North Sea at Nieuwpoort