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 Posthumous collection of unfinished and unpublished works by Douglas Adams (3,6,2,5)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