QQ Original Crossword #1

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Across
  1. 2. Roman official that allegedly 'washed his hands' of Jesus Christ before his crucifixion
  2. 4. Cult-leader behind the 1969 Tate Murders
  3. 8. Rolling Stones member who played Jack Sparrow's father in Pirates of the Caribbean
  4. 12. Incredibly successful basketball player and star of 'Space Jam'
  5. 16. Frontman of Nirvana who tragically committed suicide
  6. 18. Gun-toting Looney Toon
  7. 20. UK Premiership team known as 'The Toffees'
  8. 21. Planet second closest to the Sun in our solar system
  9. 24. Popular electric Pokemon
  10. 26. Amazon River ____ pink-coloured mammal found in the Amazon river
  11. 27. Gary Oldman's character in the Harry Potter film franchise
  12. 30. Film monster, first put on screen in 1933
  13. 33. King of Wessex, known as 'the Great'
  14. 34. Area of the Ukraine affected a nuclear accident in the 80s
  15. 35. Early form of bicycle with an enormous front wheel
  16. 36. Star of Zulu, The Italian Job, Harry Brown and the Dark Knight Trilogy
  17. 39. Superman's #1 adversary
  18. 41. Rat Pack member that did it his way
  19. 42. US base of operations attacked on 9/11 that wasn't the World Trade Centre
  20. 43. 'Basket Case' and 'American Idiot' singers
Down
  1. 1. Greek city state, recently popularised in '300'
  2. 3. Voice of Woody in Toy Story
  3. 5. Famous pro-wrestler who used to tell his fans to 'take their vitamins, and say their prayers.'
  4. 6. Acronym for the full title of the former Soviet Union
  5. 7. Painter of the Sistine Chapel
  6. 9. Family house from Game of Thrones, based in King's Landing and represented by a lion
  7. 10. Drummer from The Beatles
  8. 11. 13____Why, popular and controversial Netflix series
  9. 13. Last Labour Prime Minister of the UK
  10. 14. Capital city of Norway
  11. 15. Word that is represented by the 'P' in RSPCA
  12. 17. X-Factor winner that covered Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'
  13. 19. Largest animal to have ever existed
  14. 22. Former TV personality who repeatedly attempts to kill Bart Simpson
  15. 23. Female superhero introduced in the 1940s and recently portrayed on screen by Gal Gadot
  16. 25. Leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution
  17. 28. Destination of the Apollo 11 project
  18. 29. Actress who played Bianca in Eastenders
  19. 31. The grey wizard from Lord of the Rings and other Tolkien mythology
  20. 32. 'Iron' heavyweight boxer
  21. 37. Popular military-based, first-person-shooter games franchise
  22. 38. Egg-laying mammal
  23. 40. Popular TV show where the viewer watches other people watching TV