The Armitage Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. See 32 Across
  2. 7. The UK's oldest football ground, host of Hallam FC in Sheffield (9)
  3. 9. Lead character in the BBC television series Peaky Blinders (6,6)
  4. 11. The first of the four Gospels (7)
  5. 15. Middle name of actor Tom Hiddleston
  6. 16. 2016 Korean horror film described as "a fast-moving film with fast-moving zombies" (5,2,5)
  7. 20. Country in the SW Pacific Ocean known in its local language as Aotearoa (3,7)
  8. 21. In aeronautics, term to describe air that is deflected downwards by an aircraft wing or rotor blade, usually when a plane is taking off (8)
  9. 24. 2007 children's television program starring Igglepiggle (2,3,5,6)
  10. 28. Character played by Kelsey Grammar in the 2004 musical adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' (8,6)
  11. 34. Posthumous collection of unfinished and unpublished works by Douglas Adams (3,6,2,5)
  12. 35. Kiwi actor known for his role as the elf Haldir (5,6)
  13. 36. Runner-up of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship, along with Dan Cammish (6,6)
  14. 37. The largest internal organ which is also the body's largest gland (5)
  15. 40. Current drummer in the American rock band Black Veil Brides (9,4)
  16. 41. First titled episode of the American television series 'Supernatural' (7)
  17. 42. Merriam-Webster's word of the year in 2018, meaning both fair treatment and a system of judicial laws (7)
  18. 43. Term in gynaecology for the ovaries, fallopian tubes and ligaments that hold the uterus in place (7)
  19. 44. Term for a commonly operated machine particularly used for trade/technology, education and research (8)
Down
  1. 1. First name of the Quidditch teacher in the Harry Potter series (7)
  2. 2. University in Lancashire which opened in 1885, but gained its current name in 2006 (4,4)
  3. 4. Best Film Oscar winner in 2006 (5)
  4. 5. Cathedral city in England which was a site of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages (10)
  5. 6. Church term for the Vatican ambassador to another country (9,6)
  6. 8. Vision development disorder in which the eye fails to achieve normal visual acuity, even with prescription glasses or contact lenses, known as 'lazy eye' (9)
  7. 10. Town in Bedfordshire once known as the largest village in England (8)
  8. 12. Burial city of Edward the Elder (10)
  9. 13. French politician who died this year who was Mayor of Paris, Prime Minister twice and President of France (7,6)
  10. 14. Nearest Tube station to the Houses of Parliament (11)
  11. 17. See 25 Down
  12. 18. Character played by Kevin Bacon in the 1995 film 'Apollo 13' (4, 7)
  13. 19. Author whose works include Every Dead Thing, The Killing Kind and The Wolf in Winter (4,8)
  14. 22. Geographic region made up of thousands of islands, including Australia and New Zealand (7)
  15. 23. First actor in history to receive a posthumous Oscar nomination for his role in 'East of Eden' (5,4)
  16. 25. Manager of Liverpool FC from 2004-2010
  17. 26. French footballer player who made his professional debut in 2014 (8,5)
  18. 27. Type of bow in archery with a levering system of cables and pulleys to bend the limbs (8)
  19. 29. Type of complementary medicine which uses focused attention, increased suggestibility and guided imagery(12)
  20. 30. American sound designer and voice actor who provided the 'voice' of R2D2 and Darth Vader's breathing (8,5)
  21. 31. College whose alumni include Oscar Wilde, Ian Hislop and JRR Tolkien (8)
  22. 32. Marvel Universe film released in 2008 (4,3)
  23. 33. Gaelic word for the Irish language (7)
  24. 38. Rodent whose Latin name is Cavia Porcellus (6,3)
  25. 39. See 41 Across