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Across
- 3. First name of British Actor in The Kings Speech, Pride and Prejudice and A Single Man (5)
- 4. Town in Otago, it lies towards the end of the Clutha River on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand (9)
- 7. ____ the Great, King of Wessex from 871 to 899 (6)
- 11. BBC long running music programme Top of the ____ (4)
- 13. Popular pastime involving the fermentation of fruit into demijohns (10)
- 15. Colloquial expression used to describe shin tickling (2, 3, 7)
- 16. English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles (8)
- 18. Name of a folk uprising in 1491 in North Holland, the revolt shares its name with a staple food prepared by cooking dough and a generic term for a diverse group of milk based food products (5, 3, 6)
- 20. Sir Cliff _____, English Pop Star born in 1940 (7)
- 21. A day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event (11)
- 24. Cathedral City in Hampshire with the longest nave in Europe (10)
- 25. Jazz standard originally recorded in 1917, re-recorded in 1931 by the Mills Brothers (5, 3)
- 26. Cathedral City situated 75 miles north of London (12)
- 28. First name of Welsh poet and writer whose works include Under Milk Wood (6)
- 29. Saturday lunch time staple consisting of puff pastry, minced pork, onion and sometimes prunes (7, 5)
- 30. A puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues (9)
- 32. Person who provides education for pupils (7)
- 34. That bloody woman from The Telegraph, responsible for the enjoyably frustrating weekend afternoons (4, 6)
- 37. Flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars (6)
Down
- 1. The ____ Project, a visitors attraction in Cornwall where plants are collected from all around the world and grown in artificial biomes (4)
- 2. The last tudor monarch, daugher of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn (9)
- 3. Location of Ruda Holiday Park in North Devon (6, 3)
- 5. Common name of The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre (4)
- 6. The natural number following 69 and preceding 71 (7)
- 8. Fifth astrological sign of the zodiac (3)
- 9. One of the largest rivers in Quebec, Canada sharing it's name with the bear creation of Mary Tourtel (6)
- 10. Biblical wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau (7)
- 12. Victorian author noted for such characters as 'The One Eyed Bagman', 'Luke Honeythunder' and 'Doctor Slammer' (7, 7)
- 13. Painting method where the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle of which Joseph Mallord William Turner is a master (11)
- 14. Village outside Waterlooville with a population of 8775 (8)
- 17. A general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters are now New York City, founded in 1922 (7, 6)
- 19. Style of music made famous by the likes of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis (4)
- 22. Generic term for organic food stuff grown in English gardens, particular in Kent (10)
- 23. Village and civil parish in southern Surrey, England. It is equidistant between Dorking and Horsham (5)
- 27. UK weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, founded and originally published in-house by BBC Magazines from 1923 to 2011 (5,5)
- 30. Side salad (8)
- 31. Grammar School established in 1887 made up of the houses Sebastian, Atwell, Hunt and Knott (8)
- 33. First name of the actress who plays Penny in "what we like to call" Miranda (8)
- 35. Ancient form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of a movable model of a person or animal believed to have originated 3000 years BC (8)
- 36. The capita of the US state of Texas (6)