The Wrekin Punderer 2024

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Across
  1. 5. such things though sweet are less common
  2. 6. the skill parachutists have that prevents them from going wrong
  3. 7. to tear up a written response
  4. 11. the second sailor dockside
  5. 12. a salmon wellington expert
  6. 13. the hairstyle he masticated
  7. 15. to address a nearby quartet of intensely happy people
  8. 17. to witness a river in Egypt
  9. 18. what a Manx cat would like
  10. 22. how secret agents are paid
  11. 24. the definition of animosity for the man
  12. 26. I've recently visited and it was rubbish
  13. 28. an alibi
  14. 30. a German election campaign shirt
  15. 32. £100
  16. 34. write another stanza
  17. 35. they couldn't have caught that shark without him
  18. 36. the price of the hairpiece was too much...
  19. 39. a black and white record
  20. 41. no marks for broken pencils
  21. 43. game warden
  22. 44. to abandon goodness
  23. 46. impaled humbug
  24. 48. regretting choosing the vegetarian option
  25. 49. Earl Grey
  26. 54. a bruised stuffed toy
  27. 55. security system installer
  28. 59. to fool a man with a knighthood
  29. 60. somebody who always takes things literally
  30. 61. a feline's diary
  31. 65. the key characteristic of a scary rope
  32. 70. a particularly well-dressed big cat
  33. 71. the umpire was privy to the comment
  34. 73. like a traffic calming measure
  35. 74. a qualification to teach sports
  36. 76. to dig a ditch around a castle, again
  37. 77. a rubbish review
  38. 78. a father ordering a Costa via his boy
  39. 80. a biro with a knighthood
  40. 82. a compressed desire
  41. 83. criminals handcuffed together, unsure what to do
  42. 84. why we plant grass seed, no matter how unlikely it is to succeed
  43. 85. a nautical flea
  44. 87. can you observe?
  45. 88. refuse collection can be a lottery
  46. 89. moderate meditation
  47. 91. telephone Miss Bronte
  48. 94. please could I have a short timeout
  49. 95. blocked lawn clearance
  50. 96. lots of space
  51. 98. to amuse an agriculturalist's formal dress
  52. 102. these two
  53. 103. a royal flea
  54. 104. a catatonic green fruit
  55. 105. pub rules set out in black and white
  56. 106. a tardy fairy
  57. 107. to remove records from a cabinet
  58. 108. what the gardener did with plants
Down
  1. 1. a sleeping child
  2. 2. a tardy short-term worker
  3. 3. a cheap dig at Dracula
  4. 4. extended meditation
  5. 8. an additional vote at the end of the evening
  6. 9. legumes in conversation
  7. 10. a monarch of sheep
  8. 14. to purchase an insect from overseas
  9. 16. a remedy for immoral behaviour
  10. 19. a service provided by Kwik Fit
  11. 20. removed from the highest office for the first time
  12. 21. the good book, good enough to eat
  13. 23. falling inside a tin receptacle
  14. 25. in a north-easterly direction
  15. 27. what avid jousters do
  16. 29. the best kind of fog, if you always look on the bright side
  17. 31. always the more
  18. 33. stationary and lacking any drive
  19. 34. a rodent with no name
  20. 37. when you're not out
  21. 38. the period before a slow walk
  22. 40. a radiant flea
  23. 42. cabinet maker (7,5)
  24. 45. a rather physical football match
  25. 47. what you witnessed
  26. 50. the longest word in the English language
  27. 51. to prolong unnecessarily
  28. 52. what post does with a thud
  29. 53. to travel by bike again
  30. 56. Santa's elves in the pecking order (11,6)
  31. 57. a drink fit for a monarch
  32. 58. a new kind of spade
  33. 62. a Conservative who fails by following the wrong direction
  34. 63. monastic headwear
  35. 64. are you telling the truth?
  36. 66. precipice
  37. 67. to decline dismissal from a waste management company (6,4)
  38. 68. bookkeeper
  39. 69. a ship travelling to the Isle of Wight
  40. 72. Van Gough retching
  41. 74. how an upholsterer is paid
  42. 75. a cheesy greeting to oneself
  43. 79. beneath a citrus fruit
  44. 81. a rock run
  45. 86. a proletarian spud with considered opinions
  46. 90. a small maternal figure
  47. 92. rung for last orders if you drink like a fish
  48. 93. the wife of a hippie
  49. 96. a diminutive greeting
  50. 97. like a Pastel de Nata
  51. 99. an animal for your automobile
  52. 100. to ring up after the deadline
  53. 101. 3.14 angry