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- 1.City in Russia, on the delta of the Volga River, 21m below sea level
- 2.The capital of the Bahamas
- 3.See 31
- 4.Village in Bedfordshire with a zoo owned by the Zoological Society of London
- 5.In physics, the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
- 6.American general played by George C Scott in an Oscar-winning performance in a 1970 film
- 7.In biology, an adjective meaning covered with stiff hairs or bristles
- 8.1976 album by Bob Dylan whose opening track is "55 Across"
- 9.Chinese tree cultivated for its round edible fruits
- 10.1930 jazz composition with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard
- 11.Term for interviews with members of the public on a radio or television programme
- 12.American singer and songwriter whose eponymous debut album won the Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album in 2003
- 13.In chemistry, two valency electrons of opposite spin responsible for the formation of coordinate bonds
- 14.A wind of force 12 or above on the Beaufort scale
- 15.Australian tennis player who won three of the four Grand Slam events in 1958
- 16.The North American name for swede
- 17.1977 film that spawned three sequels and three prequels
- 18.Max ___, German painter who developed the technique of collage
- 19.British comedian whose real name was Charlie Olden
- 20.Creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man who lived at the centre of the Cretan Labyrinth, in Greek mythology
- 21.Chief language of the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- 22.The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia
- 23.A language related to Eskimo
- 24.A crease-resistant acrylic fibre created by DuPont in 1941
- 25.In Persian poetry, a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
- 26.Joni Mitchell song that gave Matthews Southern Comfort a number one single in 1970
- 27.The distance from the bow of an anchored vessel to the anchor
- 28.A type of percussion orchestra common in the East Indies
- 29.Cocktail that originated in Harry's Bar in Venice
- 30.Internationally recognised identity card first issued by the League of Nations to stateless refugees
- 31.Professional name of bassist, singer and actor Gordon Sumner
- 32.Harry ___, jockey whose 13 Classic winners include the Derby winners Felstead, Blenheim and Watling Street
- 33.Group of volcanic islands in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Victoria
- 34.Arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the N European mainland
- 35.Another name for the Latvian language
- 36.Arachnid of warm dry regions with a long tail terminating in a venomous sting
- 37.1948 Howard Hawks Western giving a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail
- 38.A unit of geological time within a period during which a series of rocks is formed
- 39.A representation of the Hindu deity Shiva considered a symbol of male creative energy
- 40.Cain's eldest son, after whom a city was named
- 41.Short play by Harold Pinter premired by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1969, directed by Peter Hall
- 42.See 16
- 43.Something believed in certain cultures to be the embodiment of a spirit or magical powers
- 44.The Hebrew word for life and a prominent Jewish symbol
- 45.British children's TV series presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene
- 46.The only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National as both jockey and trainer
- 47.Engelbert Humperdinck single that spent five weeks at number one in the UK in 1967
- 48.Indian cottage cheese
- 49.The local representative of the king in a shire until the early 11th century
- 50.A mammal of the family Ursidae
- 51.Boxer originally called Cassius Clay
- 52.Home ground of Macclesfield Town FC
- 53.Edith Wharton novel which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize
- 54.Moroccan runner who won the 5000m at the 1984 Olympics
- 55.In the Old Testament, the eldest son of Aaron
- 56.Airline of the United Arab Emirates and sponsors of Manchester City FC
- 57.Welsh footballer who scored Great Britain's first goal at an Olympic Games since 1960 in a 1-1 draw with Senegal in 2012
- 58.The only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World Championship
- 59.The second album by The The, released in 1986
- 60.Another name for a sponsor at a christening
- 61.Greek hero, son of King Telamon, considered the second greatest warrior after Achilles
- 62.Town in County Durham noted for steel-making from 1840 to 1980
- 63.In J R R Tolkien's works, a new breed of orc, no longer afraid of daylight, that emerged in the Third Age
- 64.In Greek mythology, the fluid which flows in the veins of the gods
- 65.Former Manchester City striker who captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team
- 66.The capital of Sardinia
- 67.Plant that is the national emblem of Scotland
- 68.Plant of the genus Buphthalmum with daisy-like flower heads
- 69.Any of various brightly coloured tropical freshwater fishes of the genus Hemigrammus and related genera
- 70.The second largest city in the United States
- 71.A 1986 sci-fi film directed by James Cameron
- 72.In the Old Testament, the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau
- 73.The largest city and former administrative capital of Sri Lanka
- 74.The Indo-European language of modern Iran
- 75.Peter ___, French philosopher and theologian who loved Heloise
- 76.Evergreen shrub of the genus Ulex, also called furze and whin
- 77.In the Old Testament, the valley below Jerusalem where children were sacrificed
- 78.The largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea, shared by Croatia, Slovenia and Italy
- 79.Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War who led the victories at Abydos and Cyzicus
- 80.Home ground of Yeovil Town FC
- 81.An easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area, especially in the late summer
- 82.Electronic dance music duo consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll
- 83.Drownings during the Reign of Terror at Nantes
- 84.The ancient Greek goddess of peace
- 85.Horse that gave trainer "17 Across" his fourth and final Grand National victory in 1966
- 86.A domesticated South American cud-chewing mammal used as a beast of burden
- 87.1415 battle in which English longbowmen under Henry V defeated French forces vastly superior in number
- 88.First name of the James Bond character Goldfinger
- 89.1980 Roxy Music single that reached number 5 in the UK
- 90.South African golfer who won the US Open in 1994 and 1997 and the British Open in 2002
- 91.The capital of Mali
- 92.Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading
- 93.1962 US number-one single by Gene Chandler
- 94.Single by The Crew-Cuts that reached number 4 in the UK in 1955
- 95.Another name for a catkin
- 96.A room with walls that reflect sound
- 97.Site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics
- 98.Novel by Leo Tolstoy published in serial form from 1873 to 1877
- 99.A clear, colourless French fruit brandy whose name means "water of life"
- 100.Country whose capital is Santiago
- 101.1998 film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker
- 102.English-born golfer who won the US Masters in 1991
- 103.Children's book by P L Travers published in 1934
- 104.1979 Hal Ashby film that was the last Peter Sellers film to be released while he was alive
- 105.Corazon ___, the first woman president of the Philippines
- 106.1934 novel by Henry Miller whose publication in the United States in 1961 led to an obscenity trial
- 107.The Muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology
- 108.Latin term meaning 'according to law
- 109.The Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology
- 110.In theology, the adoration that may be offered to God alone
- 111.One of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon in Greek mythology
- 112.The oldest of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure
- 113.Country whose capital is Kingston
- 114.1962 dystopian novella by Anthony Burgess
- 115.Shelley's middle name
- 116.Ballet with a score composed by Léo Delibes and Ludwig Minkus which was premiered in 1866 with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon
- 117.City in Wisconsin located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago
- 118.A Roman Catholic service in which the congregation is blessed with the sacrament
- 119.Member of a North American Indian people of the Plains, now living chiefly in Oklahoma and Wyoming
- 120.Football club founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878
- 121.1993 film based on an Ira Levin novel of the same name
- 122.Henri ___, French artist who was a founder of Fauvism
- 123.Port in Russia, on the River Don, 30 miles from the Sea of Azov
- 124.Johann Balthasar ___, German rococo architect whose masterpiece is the church of Vierzehnheiligen in Bavaria
- 125.The first track and field athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympics
- 126.A small bone, especially one of those in the middle ear
- 127.Bass guitarist in the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 128.Silvery metallic element whose atomic number is 31
- 129.1986 Tony Scott film starring Tom Cruise as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
- 130.Popular Serbo-Croatian masculine forename meaning "beloved"
- 131.Formerly, the standard monetary unit of Portugal
- 132.Genus of flowering plants known as catnip or catmint
- 133.Long-tailed rodent of the superfamily Muroidea
- 134.Spanish tennis player who has won 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles
- 135.Astronomical observatory in Cheshire whose radio telescope has a steerable parabolic dish
- 136.A member of a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534
- 137.Japanese camera manufacturer founded in Nagano in 1949
- 138.Scorer of one of England's goals in the 1966 World Cup Final
- 139.1861 novel by Ellen Wood whose central character is Lady Isabel Carlyle
- 140.1940 George Cukor film starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey
- 141.The American equivalent of a stag night
- 142.Town in the West Bank near Jerusalem that was the birthplace of Jesus
- 143.A chemical substance secreted by an animal which influences the behaviour of others of its species
- 144.Title applied to Indian nobleman and religious teacher Gautama Siddhartha
- 145.All Saints' first UK number one hit single
- 146.1991 Terry Gilliam film starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges
- 147.TV presenting duo whose surnames are McPartlin and Donnelly
- 148.British javelin thrower who set a world record of 89.58m in July 1990
- 149.A golden horse with a cream or white mane and tail
- 150.The act or process of officially proving the authenticity and validity of a will