Pride of Manchester Christmas Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The famous car company which was established in Manchester in 1904.
  2. 4. a small, round Mancunian currant pie.
  3. 6. The legendary Salford director who made an epic film about 30 Down in 2018.
  4. 10. The Radcliffe filmmaker who won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture in 2008.
  5. 12. The Rugby Union team who also play at 57 Down.
  6. 13. The Sale sprinter who won gold at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
  7. 15. The scorer of the injury time goal which won United the treble.
  8. 17. The Manchester pizza chain famed for its creative slices (including Pigs in Blankets this month) and massive Mezcal collection.
  9. 21. Still manufactured in Manchester, the UK's best-selling tea was invented by 99 Across in 1930 and advertised by chimpanzees from 1956 to 2002.
  10. 23. The chart-topping 2006 comeback single from Nigel Martin-Smith's Mancunian version of New Kids on The Block.
  11. 24. The musical based on Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale's legendary 1985 sci-fi film, which enjoyed its world premiere in Manchester pre-Lockdown.
  12. 27. The Manchester and Dublin-raised rocker whose legendary band (which included Failsworth's Darren Wharton) recorded the tracks "Philomena" about his mother and her Manchester pub, "The Clifton Grange Hotel."
  13. 28. The Manchester-based crime drama in which Helen Mirren stars as Superintendent Jane Tennison.
  14. 29. The name of the clinical psychologist in Stockport-based crime writer Val McDermid's novels portrayed on screen by Robson Green.
  15. 32. The legendary first album released on Factory Records.
  16. 38. The famous Altincham sportwear firm established by two former players of 12 Across and England in 1987.
  17. 39. The German conductor who set up an orchestra in Manchester in 1857.
  18. 41. The Great British Menu winning chef at The Midland Hotel's The French restaurant.
  19. 43. The location of the Curry Mile.
  20. 47. The famous Manchester sewing machine company and surname of Openshaw's "Daydream Believer".
  21. 48. The legendary Mancunian fashion label boss who was one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
  22. 49. The famous Manchester soap company established in Harphurhey in the 1890s.
  23. 52. Released in 1998, the album by the "Babylon" Altrincham folk rocker which didn't actually chart until two years later before taking a further year to reach no.1, and is now the 28th best-selling album of all time.
  24. 53. The Rochdale actor who played the sixth Dr. Who from 1984 to 86.
  25. 54. The road which Manchester's gay village is built around.
  26. 56. The Stockport basketball player who played for Orlando Magic and Utah Jazz.
  27. 59. The Manchester printer famed for publishing his railway timetables and guidebooks.
  28. 62. Named the most influential car of the 20th century and manufactured at Trafford Park from 1911-1927.
  29. 64. The abbreviation of the leading militant organisation founded in Manchester by Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst to campaign for women's suffrage.
  30. 65. The Manchester sportswear firm with a double diamond logo, established in Wilmslow in 1924.
  31. 66. The musical in which the song "Manchester, England, England" appears.
  32. 67. The Manchester band who recorded "Here to Stay", the closing track from the movie "24 Hour Party People."
  33. 68. The original sponsor of Manchester Arena (whose name some people still call the building today).
  34. 72. The name of the production company set up by Middleton comedian Steve Coogan and Manchester Literature Festival founder Henry Normal.
  35. 74. The first of five films by 6 Across to receive an Oscar nomination in 1996.
  36. 77. The Manchester-based Glasgow-born, Stafford-raised Poet Laureate who was the first woman to hold the position.
  37. 80. The Pemberton frontman of Kajagoogoo.
  38. 81. The Manchester-based comedy drama series set on the fictional Chatsworth council estate.
  39. 84. The current abbreviation of the music school set up by 39 Across in 1893.
  40. 86. The Boltonian who is Britain's most decorated Olympic athlete (with 9 golds and 2 silvers)and his Manchester-based wife who is Britain's most decorated female (5 golds, 1 silver).
  41. 88. The Manchester brewery with an anvil trademark, formed in Moss Side in 1863.
  42. 89. The supermarket in Coronation Street managed by Reg Holdsworth and Curly Watts.
  43. 90. Pep Guardiola's Catalan restaurant in Manchester.
  44. 92. The 1915 Salford-based play by Harold Brighouse, made famous by the film starring Charles Laughton as Henry and John Mills as Will Mossop.
  45. 95. Manchester United's all time top goalscorer.
  46. 97. The 1994 directorial film debut from 10 Across, starring Ewan McGregor and 54 Down.
  47. 99. The tea company established in Manchester in 1845.
  48. 101. The name of the cartoon character, invented by David Cameron's housemate at Oxford University, to advertise 11 Across throughout the 1990s.
  49. 103. Manchester City's all time top goalscorer.
  50. 104. How Manchester University graduate superstar DJs Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons are better known.
  51. 105. The iconic aerobics shoe invented by 16 Down in 1984, which accounted for half their sales worldwide and is still in production today.
  52. 106. The famous nautical clothing company established by a Polish soldier in Manchester in 1963.
  53. 107. The Tour de France winning Manchester-based cycling team, formerly known as Team Sky.
  54. 108. The canal that runs through the city from Piccadilly to Castlefield, and connects the home of an "All Woman".
Down
  1. 1. The Salford tenor who went from singing before United games to becoming the biggest selling UK classical artist of the past 30 years.
  2. 2. The Japanese electronics company who sponsored Manchester City from 1987 until 1999 and have had their European HQ in Audenshaw since 1968.
  3. 3. The name of Manchester's famous giant Santa light character, shared with an iconic children's TV puppet.
  4. 5. Oasis's first no.1 single and the only track on "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" recorded with their original Mancunian line-up.
  5. 7. The original name of Manchester Central Convention Complex, which is still used by most Mancunians to this day.
  6. 8. The Salford acting legend who made his directing debut playing Manchester United fan Charlie Bubbles opposite Liza Minnelli.
  7. 9. The Mancunian painter of "Going to Work", "Going to the Match", and "Oldfield Road Dwellings, Salford."
  8. 11. The late Wythenshawe frontman of Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics (not to be confused with his "Every Time You Go Away" namesake).
  9. 14. Established in Cheetham Hill in 1849, this Manchester brewery makes The Humdinger.
  10. 16. The world famous sportswear firm established in Bolton in 1958.
  11. 18. The smallest of Manchester city centre's four railway stations.
  12. 19. The 1997 album by Wigan's BRIT-Award winning Best British Group, featuring the hit singles "Bitter Sweet Symphony", "Lucky Man" and UK number one "The Drugs Don't Work".
  13. 20. The surname of the Oldham Goon, and the Ashton-under-Lyne model whose TV career was launched by the 1990's ad campaign for 46 Down.
  14. 22. The 1962 dystopian satirical black comedy novel by Mancunian writer Anthony Burgess about a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence.
  15. 25. The film in which Eric Cantona starred alongside 54 Down.
  16. 26. The musical based on Robin Williams 1993 cross-dressing film, which is set to gets its UK premiere in Manchester in September 2022.
  17. 30. The name of the Manchester massacre in 1819, where 18 innocent people were killed and 700 more badly injured by Government troops on the site of what is now 7 Down.
  18. 31. The factory where you can now find 3 Down.
  19. 33. The best-selling album in the UK in both 1991 and 1992, by Mick Hucknall's Manchester band.
  20. 34. The Manchester-based drama which follows the lives and loves of the team running a hairdressing salon.
  21. 35. The classic 1990 album by James featuring "Sit Down", "Come Home" and "Lose Control".
  22. 36. Foamburst is a range of this most famous product from 49 Across.
  23. 37. The Manchester-based comedy drama in which you will find the characters Pete and Jenny Gifford.
  24. 40. The only player to win the Ballon d'Or, European Golden Shoe, FIFA World Player of the Year, UEFA Player of the Year, PFA Player's Player of the Year & English League Player of the Year awards while playing in Manchester.
  25. 42. The band set up by the Macclesfield Godfather of British Blues.
  26. 44. The name of the radio station that is "coming in your ears" in the Bolton-set comedy "Phoenix Nights".
  27. 45. The breakfast dish invented at 31 Down in 1980.
  28. 46. Established in 1853, "The Cream of Manchester" has not been made in the city since 2012, after inbev tragically demolished the historic Strangeways brewery in 2004.
  29. 50. The country where 106 Across moved to following their collapse in 2018.
  30. 51. The Hollies song where "love grows under my umbrella."
  31. 54. The "Our Friends in the North" Salford actor who has played DCI David Bilborough, Matt Jamison, Derek Bentley, Jude Fawley, and Malekith.
  32. 55. The name of Salford Rugby League's previous stadium.
  33. 57. The Mancunian share-dealing company who sponsor Salford Rugby League stadium.
  34. 58. The bar and grill (where drinks will flow and blood will spill) in the most famous track by 27 Across's band, said to a be the 1960's Greek Cypriot cabaret club on Whitworth Street owned by Denos Kitromilides.
  35. 60. The title of Bury author Emma Jane Unsworth's book which was adapted and relocated from Manchester to Dublin for the 2019 film starring Holiday Grainger and Alia Shawkat.
  36. 61. The Bury band whose album "The Seldom Seen Kid" was written about fellow Mancunian musician and David Gray's best man, the late Bryan Glancy.
  37. 63. The name of the character played by scouser Geoffrey Hughes in "The Royle Family."
  38. 69. The 1979 Manchester-based John Schlesinger war drama starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave.
  39. 70. The superb TV drama series which follows a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory and stars Siobhan Finneran, Sarah Lancashire, Jason Merrells, 54 Down, and a who's who of Mancunian acting royalty.
  40. 71. The oldest Italian restaurant in Manchester, named after the Mozart opera.
  41. 73. A remake of the 1966 Michael Caine film, the 2004 Jude Law film in which Manchester doubles as downtown Manhattan.
  42. 75. The surname of the Salford Bet Fred bookmaker.
  43. 76. The Chorlton animation studio behind Chorlton & The Wheelies, Jamie & The Magic Torch, Cockleshell Bay, Danger Mouse, The Wind in The Willows, Count Duckula, Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Bob The Builder and Postman Pat.
  44. 78. The Welsh Manchester United and Manchester City legend who set up the Players' Union (which became the PFA) in Manchester.
  45. 79. Set in the French Riviera in the Roaring Twenties, the musical by Sale-born Sandy Wilson which launched Julie Andrews career.
  46. 82. The name a member of the audience called Bob Dylan at the legendary 1966 Manchester Free Trade Hall concert.
  47. 83. The only one of Greater Manchester's ten boroughs not to have a majority Labour council.
  48. 85. Robbie Coltrane's character in Manchester-based crime drama series "Cracker."
  49. 87. The only Michelin starred restaurant in Manchester.
  50. 91. Rio Ferdinand and BooHoo's Italian restaurant in Manchester.
  51. 93. The Macclesfield sailor who is the most successful sailor in Olympic history.
  52. 94. The river that runs through the city centre, dividing Manchester from Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town".
  53. 96. The name of the fictional Stockport pub in the hilarious comedy series "Early Doors."
  54. 98. The drink invented and manufactured by Scotsman John Nichols in Manchester in 1908.
  55. 100. The name of the jukebox musical set to the music of Gary, Howard, Jason, Mark and Robbie.
  56. 102. The stage name of the late Manchester-based Velvet Underground singer, Andy Warhol model and Federico Fellini actress Christa Päffgen.