Granny and Grandpa's Crossword - based on our memories

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  1. 2. Which city was the seat of Japan’s government before Edo/Tokyo?
  2. 5. French word for "apples" (plural). It is disputed whether I insulted my family calling them apple "chaussons" (slipper) or "tarte" (perhaps both).
  3. 7. Childhood treat Lucie and I shared, vanilla flavoured and came in little packets
  4. 10. London area, next to Regents canal, with a famous market of fashion and commodities
  5. 12. Lord and English nobleman who was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the father of James VI of Scotland and I of England. Also the name of a highly flavoursome gin
  6. 14. Sir Alexander Fleming is perhaps one of the best-known Scots, thanks to this discovery. It is impossible to know how many lives have been saved during WW2 by this but it is estimated between 80,000,000 and 200,000,000
  7. 15. Surname of the UCL Professor specialised in 18th-century literature, fanatic of Austen and Dickens
  8. 16. Surname of the French composer who lives next to us in Paris. Her first name is Cécile
  9. 18. Lucie's prefered name as a toddler
  10. 20. French word for a cuddly/stuffed toy you sleep with or Baby comforter
  11. 21. The first entirely secular university to admit students regardless of religion
  12. 22. Foreign language Queen Elizabeth II was fluent in
  13. 24. Historical novel written by Sir Walter Scott, international bestseller. This word has a lot to do with mum's career, including the publisher of her two books
  14. 25. Peter had three sisters, two of them where Mopsy and Cotton-Tail. What was the name of the first sister?
  15. 26. Beautiful round and purple flower, which can be found in Granny and Grandpa's garden. It's an "ornamental onion", and it's the Latin word for garlic
Down
  1. 1. Surname of one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He famously said "I don't want to go to heaven, none of my friends are there"
  2. 3. The second-oldest known university in the world behind the University of Bologna
  3. 4. Where in Scotland is the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car exposed? A coastal city on the Firth of Tay estuary in eastern Scotland
  4. 6. Name of a pre-drinking pill, the first product demonstrated to breakdown up to 70% of alcohol before it reaches the liver
  5. 8. Adjective referring to the person, place, or thing that something else is named after. For example, Queen Victoria is the [?] of Lake Victoria.
  6. 9. University Challenge is filmed in this city
  7. 11. Netflix show, set in the Regency era in England, about London high-society
  8. 13. Instead of Ireland, Lucie heard this word in the Irish hymns
  9. 15. Sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and food colouring
  10. 16. Monty Python did not have enough budget to get horses for "The Holy Grail". What did they strangely use instead to mimic their sound? (singular)
  11. 17. Surname of a British broadcaster, writer, economist, professor and former politician who appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016, to Lucie and I's delight. Ed danced to Gangnam Style and Great Balls of Fire, lots of squealing that year
  12. 19. Former Golf world number one Greg Norman is from which country?
  13. 23. Scottish word meaning bad-tempered, grumpy, grouchy, or cantankerous.