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- 1.The largest settlement in the Aleutian Islands
- 2.Banda __, Indonesian city devastated by tsunami in 2004
- 3.François __, 1981 - 1995
- 4.__ Joplin and Ian, musicians
- 5.Sue Townsend's eponymous diarist
- 6.François __, 2012 - 2017
- 7.MP who has twice served as Leader of the Opposition
- 8.__ Millican, comedian
- 9.__ Fielding, comedian
- 10.Charles __, 1959 - 1969
- 11.Journalist and author of Gulag: a history (2003)
- 12.__ Madrid, football club
- 13.Leaving __, 1995 film starring Nicholas Cage and Elizabeth Shue
- 14.__ Oliver, friend of Hercule Poirot?
- 15.Host of the 2023 FIFA World Cup
- 16.__ bin Laden, founder of al-Qaida
- 17.Louis-Hector __, French composer known for his Symphonie fantastique
- 18.Christian __, French fashion designer
- 19.Eric __, author of The Age of Extremes (1994)
- 20.Film for which Kathryn Bigelow won the Oscar for best direction
- 21.Singer whose albums include A Day Without Rain (2000)
- 22.Irish writer known for her travels on a bicycle
- 23.An unexceptional follower or imitator
- 24."__ was it in that dawn to be alive" - Wordsworth on the French Revolution
- 25.The peninsula that includes Spain and Portugal
- 26.Zimbabwe's second city
- 27.Ottorino __(1879-1936), composer known for his tone poems
- 28.Henry __, author of Vitaï Lampada
- 29.German city on the Baltic coast
- 30.Scarlett or Kimball __ - fictional heroes?
- 31.By-product of cheese production
- 32.US car sharing company launched in the UK in 2006
- 33.Jimmy __, otherwise known as Saul Goodman
- 34.Barbie's friend?
- 35.The transposed name of Barcelona FC's home ground - often used by English speakers
- 36.John __, creator of an eponymous anti-virus software company
- 37.Cardboard flaps at the heart of the 2000 US presidential election
- 38.One brand name given to sildenafil
- 39.Egyptian president forced to step down in 2011
- 40.__ Society, Labour supporting thinktank founded in 1884
- 41.The general secretary of Unite
- 42.The general secretary of the RMT union
- 43.Christina __, general secretary of Unison
- 44.The general secretary of the Trades Union Congress
- 45.Oscar-winning film starring Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert
- 46.Medical condition causing hair loss
- 47.The greatest?
- 48.Comic and movie superhero franchise
- 49.Blanche __, character in A Streetcar Named Desire
- 50.The __, one of New York's five boroughs
- 51.Chemical element, symbol Fe
- 52.8/9 - in this case the Thames
- 53.1992 movie directed by Robert Redford, based on the book by Norman Maclean
- 54.8/9 - in this case the Clyde
- 55.Tarka's species, in the book by Henry Williamson
- 56.8/9 - in the case of this Iraqi city, the Tigris
- 57.The branding of Comic Relief's biennial fundraiser on the BBC
- 58.8/9 - in this case the Tees
- 59.Tom __, satirist whose songs include Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
- 60.8/9 - in the case of this Bosnian city, the Neretva
- 61.Another name for bean curd
- 62.Name given to March 15th
- 63.8/9 - in the case of this Korean city, the Hangang
- 64.8/9 - in the case of this Asian capital, the Red
- 65.8/9 - in the case of this Caribbean capital, the Hope
- 66.Units of measurement for the intensity of sounds
- 67.8/9 - in the case of this ancient city of Asia Minor, the Lycus
- 68.Jennifer __, star of Absolutely Fabulous
- 69.1999 Tom Jones hit in collaboration with Mousse T.
- 70.8/9 - in this case the Foyle
- 71.8/9 - in the case of this Siberian centre of learning, the Irtysh
- 72.8/9 - in the case of this Austrian centre of learning, the Mur
- 73.Long-running Radio 4 series presented by Roger McGough
- 74.Southern African antelope
- 75.BBC Two sitcom that, unusually, was successfully adapted for Radio 4
- 76.The antidote to panel games?
- 77.Rotten __, track on the southern edge of Hyde Park in London
- 78.Arizona town to which Christian Bale and Russell Crowe took the 3:10 in 2007?
- 79.Where Radio 4 guests might listen to their favourite discs?
- 80.The __ Head, publishing house founded in 1887
- 81.__ 100, London stock market index
- 82.A genre of story, often expressing how societies began
- 83.Professional dancer who partnered Rose Ayling-Ellis to victory in Strictly Come Dancing 2021
- 84.Monty __, former England cricketer
- 85.The __ of God, nickname given to Attila the Hun
- 86.Followers of historical materialism?
- 87.One of many puppet characters created by Jim Henson
- 88.__ Hour, Radio 4 show presented by Emma Barnett and others
- 89.Great lake - and a city in Pennsylvania
- 90.University in New Haven, Connecticut
- 91.Ukrainian city captured by Russian forces in May 2022
- 92.Archaic form of address to male judges in the high court
- 93.Tube station on the Piccadilly line
- 94.What Kubla Khan decreed in Xanadu?
- 95.Poem by 14
- 96.Author of The Waste Land
- 97.River flowing through eastern Ukraine
- 98.The elected head of several Italian city-states
- 99.Commonly abbreviated name for the Ghent City Museum
- 100.One way to measure the carbon footprint of what we eat
- 101.A Danish prince - or an English village?
- 102.Dance band whose hits include Moving On Up (1993)
- 103.Sylvia __, poet who wrote The Bell Jar
- 104.1983 crime movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino
- 105.Jean "Binta" __, poet whose works include The Arrival of Brighteye
- 106.Nickname for Newcastle United fans
- 107.Maya __, poet whose autobiography was I Know Why the 13/2 Sings
- 108.Character played by Bebe Neuwirth in Cheers and Frasier
- 109.Marx's writing partner
- 110.Carol Ann __, poet who wrote Words, Wide Night
- 111.Organisation known for its curation of 'ideas worth spreading
- 112.People who excel at technique in the arts, especially music
- 113.Barbra __, singer
- 114.The Naked __, by Desmond Morris (1967)
- 115.The leader of the Liberal Democrats
- 116.The __, 1989 sci-fi movie starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- 117.Beach on which Matthew Arnold heard the pebbles' 'grating roar'?
- 118.__ Gates, philanthropist
- 119.South Africa's ruling party
- 120.City at the northern end of the Great Glen Way
- 121.The poor chap's condition in Stevie Smith's famous poem?
- 122.Stage name of Gordon Sumner
- 123.Sir David __, cartoonist who satirised Hitler
- 124.What Wordsworth did on September 3, 1802?
- 125.Plant used as a code word in the Ali Baba fables
- 126.Fur coat worn typically by cavalry officers
- 127.Declarations of forthcoming marriages in a parish church
- 128.The forerunner of the EU
- 129.Journalists' shorthand for the period from November 1978 to February 1979 in UK
- 130.US agency based in Langley, Virginia
- 131.Poetic form named for the shape created by its seven lines
- 132.White paper from 1969 in which the UK Labour government proposed reform of trade union law
- 133.Fictional dog in a long-running movie franchise
- 134.Walt __, US poet who sang 'the body electric'?
- 135.The chief mate on the Pequod in Moby-Dick
- 136.Actor who starred in Sound of Metal
- 137.Name given to the music produced in Detroit
- 138.The study of birds' eggs
- 139.The author of several of the books of the New Testament?
- 140.Style of visual arts and architecture associated with the 1920s
- 141.State in north-eastern India
- 142.One more unto the __, dear friends.' Henry V, Act III
- 143.Name given to the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the US
- 144.Playwright whose works include The Cherry Orchard
- 145.Town from which protesters marched to London in 1936
- 146.Animal admired by Ogden Nash for its ability 'in such a fix to be so fertile
- 147.Poet whose birth is celebrated each January 25th
- 148.French artist and founder of an eponymous wax museum
- 149.Palace and fortress in Granada
- 150.David __, conspiracy theorist