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Saturday, August 13, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:10 Across: Republican Party candidate in the 2016 US presidential election
11 Across: Devices screwed into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine which ignite the explosive mixture
13 Across: Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia that was severely damaged in World War II
14 Across: Traditional author of the first Gospel
15 Across: The administrative centre of Essex
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: King of England, 1042-66, who founded Westminster Abbey
2 Down: Breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community, a concept popularised by French sociologist Émile Durkheim
3 Down: Nickname of former England Test cricketer Pelham Warner
4 Down: ___ Island, borough that is the southernmost part of both the city and state of New York
5 Down: In the Old Testament, a Moabite woman, who left her own people to remain with her mother-in-law Naomi
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Saturday, August 6, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:9 Across: 1997 American animated film featuring the voice of Meg Ryan in the title role
11 Across: US state whose capital is Raleigh
14 Across: Russian name traditionally given to girls born around Christmas
15 Across: Nicholas ___, actor who played Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses
16 Across: In anthropology, a clan or group that believes itself to be descended from a common ancestor
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: In the Old Testament, the second son of Judah, killed by God for spilling his seed on the ground
2 Down: Kent port with a ferry link to Ostend, Belgium
3 Down: Captain Jean-Luc ___, Star Trek character played by Patrick Stewart
4 Down: US actor whose films include Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity
5 Down: US state settled by Mormons in 1847
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Home of the platoon led by Captain Square in Dad's Army
5 Across: An archaic word for silver
9 Across: Village in Phrygia that gives its name to a battle in 301 BC between some of the Diadochi (the successors of Alexander the Great)
14 Across: Theme song of The Roy Rogers Show
15 Across: The highest mountain in England
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Genus of nine species of herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae which are commonly called purple coneflowers, some of which are used in herbal medicines
2 Down: Any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flower
3 Down: First name of the daughter of Blythe Danner and Bruce Paltrow who was married to Coldplay singer Chris Martin
4 Down: Nigerian international defender whose clubs included both Milan teams, Derby County and Plymouth Argyle
6 Down: See 56
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Italian manufacturer of computers, printers and other business machines, founded as a typewriter company in 1908
6 Across: A city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea
9 Across: Actor who played Johnny Cash in the film Walk the Line
13 Across: African country whose capital is Kampala
14 Across: See 9
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Down Clues and Answers:2 Down: School of philosophy that grew from the discussions of a group called the "First Vienna Circle"
3 Down: In chemistry, one of the alkenyl functional groups, also called ethenyl
4 Down: Helen __, American opera and concert singer hired by US President Harry S Truman to advise to his daughter, Margaret
5 Down: 1991 film starring Hugh Grant as Chopin and Judy Davis as George Sand
6 Down: Szymon ___, Polish athlete who was men's hammer champion at the 2000 Olympics
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:8 Across: Austrian painter who founded the Vienna Sezession in 1897
10 Across: US state whose capital is Bismarck
14 Across: In the Old Testament, a Moabite woman, who left her own people to remain with her mother-in-law Naomi
15 Across: See 55
16 Across: 1985 film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: 1964 film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift
2 Down: Single by Danny & the Juniors that topped the US Billboard chart in 1958
3 Down: Ken ___, American actor, director and producer who played Michael Steadman in Thirtysomething
4 Down: Italian town that was a major Mediterranean port from the 10th to the 18th century
5 Down: Former Cabinet minister who was MP for Southampton Itchen from 1992 to 2015
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Saturday, July 9, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:10 Across: Tennis player who carried the flag of Belarus at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics
11 Across: The greatest false messiah in Christianity, in the Epistles of John
14 Across: Media player computer program launched by Apple in 2001
15 Across: Surrey town that is home to Sandown Park Racecourse
16 Across: Manufacturer of plastic containers founded in 1948 in Orlando, Florida
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: American actor best known for his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple co-star Jack Lemmon
2 Down: Sultanate in SE Arabia whose capital is Muscat
3 Down: Ancient Roman goddess whose story is the basis of a myth of springtime
4 Down: Order of insects that includes bees, wasps, ants and sawflies
5 Down: The Norse god of thunder
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Saturday, July 2, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:8 Across: Novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Arthur Clennam
9 Across: Men's singles champion at Wimbledon in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980
14 Across: Queen of Persia whose story is recounted in the Old Testament book that bears here name
15 Across: Genus of American and Caribbean plants also called lisianthus
16 Across: Suburban area of north London in whose Victorian cemetery Karl Marx is buried
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Group whose 1994 single Connection was used as the theme tune to the programme Trigger Happy TV
2 Down: Single by Danny & the Juniors that topped the US Billboard chart in 1958
3 Down: Roy ___, writer who created Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances
4 Down: Anthony ___, 1936 film, based on a novel by Hervey Allen, starring Fredric March in the title tole
5 Down: Greek god of love whose Roman counterpart was Cupid
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Saturday, June 25, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:8 Across: The queen of the Olympian gods and sister and wife of Zeus in Greek mythology
9 Across: Edible pear-shaped fruit having a rough thick greenish-brown skin and creamy flesh
11 Across: US state whose capital is Olympia
14 Across: An uncastrated male horse, especially one used for breeding
15 Across: Slender spiny-finned fish also known as snake mackerel
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: William ___, US Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to 1972
2 Down: Organisation, based in Washington DC, well-known for its research polls
3 Down: US state whose capital is Sacramento
4 Down: Hungarian-American actor and film director nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for A Song to Remember
5 Down: A large neck ring usually made from strands of metal twisted together
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Saturday, June 18, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Brigitte ___, French actress, singer and model who became the official face of Marianne in 1969
5 Across: 1981 adventure film starring Harry Hamlin as Perseus
13 Across: 1998 film starring Robert De Niro and Jean Reno
14 Across: One name for the limbless lizard Anguis fragilis
15 Across: Cathedral city in Devon
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Down Clues and Answers:2 Down: 1970 disaster movie based on a 1968 Arthur Hailey novel
3 Down: Brightest star in the constellation Cygnus
4 Down: Chinese puzzle in which shapes are formed from a square cut up into seven pieces
5 Down: Nickname of the American film producer Albert R Broccoli
6 Down: The upper rotatable part of a theodolite
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Saturday, June 11, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Song and dance number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel
13 Across: An old form of poker
14 Across: Celestial body reclassified by the International Astronomical Union as a dwarf planet in 2006
15 Across: The characters of an ancient Germanic alphabet, derived from the Roman alphabet, believed to have a magical significance
16 Across: In yoga, any of the seven major energy centres in the body
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Down Clues and Answers:2 Down: The fourth largest city in the Netherlands
3 Down: A score of two under par for a hole in golf
4 Down: Name given to privates in the Royal Engineers
5 Down: Flap of tissue that hangs in the back of the throat
6 Down: The composer of Rule Britannia
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Saturday, June 4, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:10 Across: Welsh composer, singer and actor who wrote Keep the Home Fires Burning
11 Across: Tibetan name for the abominable snowman
12 Across: The god of light, poetry, music, healing and prophecy in Classical mythology
13 Across: 1516 book by Sir Thomas More
14 Across: Russian city at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Character in the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! played by Vicki Michelle
2 Down: Don ___, central character in the TV series Mad Men, played by Jon Hamm
3 Down: US state whose capital is Des Moines
4 Down: Welsh song and military march describing events during a siege between 1461 and 1468
5 Down: Ransom Eli ___, American motoring pioneer who built his first gasoline-powered car in 1896
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Saturday, May 28, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: The most prestigious National Hunt race, first run in March 1924
10 Across: The technical name for mother-of-pearl
13 Across: A large powerfully-built Japanese breed of dog
14 Across: ___ Harris, American singer-songwriter whose albums include Pieces of the Sky and Wrecking Ball
15 Across: 1998 animated film featuring the voices of Kevin Spacey, Madeline Kahn and Roddy McDowall
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: A ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily
2 Down: African country whose capital is Asmara
3 Down: British duo formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith
4 Down: 1944 existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre, originally published in French as Huis Clos
5 Down: Anouk ___, French film actress married to Albert Finney from 1970 to 1978
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Saturday, May 21, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: 1957 film by David Lean based on a novel by Pierre Boulle
13 Across: 1982 song by Toto that reached number three in the UK singles chart
14 Across: Son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes who killed his father and married his mother
15 Across: Terminal part of a peripheral motor or sensory nerve
16 Across: British prime minister, 1940-45 and 1951-55
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Down Clues and Answers:2 Down: Bright metallic element whose atomic number is 72
4 Down: 1968 biopic starring Vanessa Redgrave in the title role
5 Down: Italian dumplings made with semolina pasta or potatoes
6 Down: Chris ___, England bowler nicknamed "Chilly" who played in 46 Tests between 1973 and 1981
7 Down: American rapper who died as a result of a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996
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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Cambodian temple complex built in the early 12th century
6 Across: The parasitic creature Dracunculus medinensis, common in India and Africa
13 Across: One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint
14 Across: Martha ___, Dublin-born journalist and broadcaster who presents BBC Radio 4's The World at One
15 Across: Parody rock band whose members include David St. Hubbins, as Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Garlic mayonnaise
2 Down: The largest living anuran
3 Down: California city on San Francisco Bay damaged by an earthquake in 1989
4 Down: Robert ___, singer and musician who was the original drummer in Soft Machine
5 Down: Alfred, Lord ___, poet who succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet laureate in 1850
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Saturday, May 7, 2016
Across Clues and Answers:10 Across: The fifth and final single from Robbie Williams' debut studio album Life thru a Lens
12 Across: The first murder victim, according to the Old Testament
13 Across: Legendary island on which King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forged
14 Across: Another name for mock orange and lilac
15 Across: Professor ___, criminal mastermind in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Clement ___, politician who led the Labour Party to a landslide election victory in 1945
2 Down: Sir Joshua ___, English portrait painter who was the first president of the Royal Academy
3 Down: English naturalist who presented The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1993
4 Down: See 47
6 Down: Dwarf peoples of Equatorial Africa, noted for their hunting and forest culture
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