UoL LG&M Crossword Christmas 2023

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Across
  1. 5. Obtain this to oneself (3,2,3,2)
  2. 6. Sam Liaison Librarian, can help fish breathe underwater (4)
  3. 9. Belfast-born SJL library assistant (3)
  4. 11. Pupil Companion (7,7)
  5. 15. Ritz Robles (anagram), SJL Rover (3,7)
  6. 16. If this Catherine was a statue in New York (7)
  7. 18. Swansea-born HCL library assistant from Cambridge (6)
  8. 19. The team who retrieve the library books and get them back in their place (8)
  9. 24. Liverpool-born campaigner against discrimination and racism, halls of residence recently named after her (7,4)
  10. 28. Cool Lilac Emblem (anagram), SJL Library Assistant (7,8)
  11. 29. To borrow a book from another library (5,7,4)
  12. 31. Librarian, could be the ‘Dangerous’ 1988 film starring John Malkovich and Keanu Reeves (7)
  13. 33. Camp Jellybean (anagram), HCL Rover (5,8)
  14. 35. If this Cat was the drummer in The Beatles (7)
  15. 36. Emma ‘of value’, Shelver (5)
  16. 39. A space to sit and read the best selection of fiction (7,7,4)
  17. 41. If this CSA Clare was the original singer from Pink Floyd (7)
  18. 42. If famous Welsh singer Tom Jones was a CSA (3)
  19. 43. Stirland silver HCL Library Assistant (4)
  20. 44. Who Thing Jr (anagram) Liason Librarian (4,6)
Down
  1. 1. Louise Liaison Librarian, surname rhymes with ‘winter’ (5)
  2. 2. New single-spaces for study in the libraries, peas use them (4)
  3. 3. Calum or what you do with a book, SJL Library Assistant (4)
  4. 4. Oily Mole Hawk (anagram) HCL Library Assistant(4,8)
  5. 7. SJL's local (9)
  6. 8. SJL Rover, what you call singing Christmas songs door to door (7)
  7. 10. HCL's local (8,4)
  8. 12. Fabulous and "hi" in Spanish (7)
  9. 13. KnowHow event, cookies and numbers (10,3,8)
  10. 14. Special Collections has the only archive of this author’s literary papers and manuscripts, (he wrote The Midwich Cuckoos) (4,7)
  11. 17. VG&M café, ‘H20 home’ (10)
  12. 20. SJL Library Assistant Joe's surname from Brookside (8)
  13. 21. Jack's door stopper (8)
  14. 22. Ace Rhymer Ta (anagram), SJL Library Assistant (6,5)
  15. 23. The Original Redbrick (8,8)
  16. 25. Special Collections has an archive for this Liverpool poet (as well as Brian Patton and Adrien Henri) (5,7)
  17. 26. SJL Rover, "She" in French (4)
  18. 27. _____ Wing, Where the SJL books are, literally "a small wood" (5,4)
  19. 30. A space to sit and look after your mental health (9,4)
  20. 32. ______ Square, literally "mouth of the bendy river" (10)
  21. 34. Victoria Gallery’s permanent John James Audubon exhibition of what type of animal (5)
  22. 37. The app to read ebooks and listen to audiobooks with your library card for free (5)
  23. 38. _____ Hepworth, artist of the sculpture outside SJL. Not Streisand (7)
  24. 40. James or egg-fried (4)