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  1. 1. Soviet-era name of the Mariinsky Ballet. (5)
  2. 8. One of the two capitals of Eswatini, alongside Lobamba. (7)
  3. 9. Avant-garde composer of 'The Rite of Spring'. (10)
  4. 10. US city whose name means 'the meadows' in Spanish. (3,5)
  5. 12. Film which was mistakenly announced to have won the Best Picture Oscar in 2017. (2,2,4)
  6. 13. Biblical figure whose slave was Onesimus. (8)
  7. 15. Alliterative author of Finnegans Wake. (5,5)
  8. 16. President of COP 26 in Glasgow. (4,6)
  9. 18. The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; also, the surname of a female rock singer. (4)
  10. 20. Jon English's third studio album. (9,5)
  11. 22. 2019 Elton John biopic featuring Taron Egerton. (9)
  12. 23. Alfred Hitchcock's most successful film. (6)
  13. 24. Plant family including vanilla. (7)
  14. 27. Mononymous actress who featured in Dune (2021). (7)
  15. 30. Horrid Henry's classmate, Lazy _____. (5)
  16. 31. Actress who originally sang 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' in a 1944 musical.(4,7)
  17. 33. British island also known as Holy Island. (11)
  18. 34. UK city which Banksy comes from. (7)
  19. 36. The architect of the first Egyptian pyramid. (7)
  20. 38. Large white dog breed native to Turkey. (6)
  21. 39. Bob _____, 60s choreographer. (5)
  22. 42. Japanese woodblock prints depicting life in Japan during the Edo period. (5-1)
  23. 43. Ship which blocked the Suez Canal in 2021. (4,5)
  24. 44. Most valuable clothing company in the world in 2021. (4)
  25. 47. Prime Minister at the time of the Profumo scandal. (9)
  26. 48. A male falcon or hawk. (6)
  27. 50. A large seabird which features in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. (9)
  28. 54. Surname of only British dancer to be officially appointed 'prima ballerina assoluta'. (7)
  29. 55. Mild analgesic drug known as acetaminophen in the US. (11)
  30. 57. Currency adopted by El Salvador in 2021. (7)
  31. 58. Another name for Holy Communion. (9)
  32. 61. First name of the composer of Peer Gynt. (6)
  33. 62. Location of the 2032 Summer Olympics. (8)
  34. 63. Bret Easton-Ellis's debut novel, adapted as a 1987 film starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Andrew McCarthy. (4,4,4)
  35. 64. Prog rock band who sang 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' in 1967. (6,5)
  36. 65. Actor who played Captain Hastings in David Suchet's Poirot series. (4,6)
  37. 66. Character with the most lines in any of Shakespeare's comedies. (9)
  38. 71. The Australian state in which Harold Holt disappeared. (8)
  39. 74. Name of the protagonist in Kazuo Ishiguro's most recent novel. (5)
  40. 75. Architect of the Sydney Opera House. (4,5)
  41. 78. The original name of Euston Square tube station. (5,6)
  42. 79. The eponymous protagonist of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. (10)
  43. 80. Jane Austen novel with the fewest number of screen adaptations. (4,5)
  44. 81. First name of Gianni Versace's sister. (9)
  45. 82. First leader of the British Labour Party. (4,6)
  46. 83. A term formerly used for depression. (11)
  47. 87. Company which owns the trademark to ouija boards. (6)
  48. 89. Cheese which literally means 'recooked' in Italian. (7)
  49. 91. The northernmost town on the British mainland. (6)
  50. 93. Famous painting also known as 'La Gioconda'. (4,4)
  51. 94. Subject of the 2019 biopic 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'. (3,5)
  52. 95. Fruit which slivovitz is made from. (4)
  53. 97. And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his _____ boiled... (5)
  54. 98. School which Andrew Robson attended. (8)
  55. 99. First name of the longest-serving current female professional dancer on Strictly.
  56. 100. The first of Santa's reindeer alphabetically. (7)
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  1. 2. Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1976. (4,6)
  2. 3. Runner-up for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021. (3,5)
  3. 4. Most downloaded app of 2021. (6)
  4. 5. First vice president of the United States. (4,5)
  5. 6. Oldest serving current MP. (4,4)
  6. 7. The surname of the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at the Olympics. (8)
  7. 11. US name for a crime less serious than a felony. (11)
  8. 14. A dance first introduced to fashionable English society in 1813. (5)
  9. 17. The letter 's' in the NATO phonetic alphabet. (6)
  10. 19. American fintech company where the founders of YouTube first met.(6)
  11. 21. First name of the Renaissance artist who drew the Vitruvian Man. (8)
  12. 25. Director who released two films starring Adam Driver in 2021. (6,5)
  13. 26. 1937 RKO film featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.(5,2,5)
  14. 28. Pierrot's wife and Harlequin's mistress in the commedia dell'arte. (9)
  15. 29. Latin phrase meaning 'caught in the act'. (2,9)
  16. 32. First name of the founder of Gucci. (6)
  17. 35. Most popular Netflix show ever. (5,4)
  18. 37. Ancient Greek city-state; the setting of Sophocles' three plays about Oedipus and his family. (6)
  19. 40. A common Irish boy's name meaning 'friend of deer'. (5)
  20. 41. Penguin with white stripe across its head. (6)
  21. 45. British political magazine founded in 1913. (3,9)
  22. 46. The common name for Aconitum napellus. (9)
  23. 49. Capital of Saudi Arabia. (6)
  24. 51. Surname of the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand. (7)
  25. 52. Surname of Rembrandt. (3,4)
  26. 53. Acclaimed screenwriter for films about both Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs. (5,6)
  27. 56. Roger Moore's first Bond film. (4,3,3,3)
  28. 59. Region of France whose principal city is Strasbourg. (6)
  29. 60. Horrid Henry's swimming coach, _____ Sid. (5)
  30. 65. First superhero created by Marvel Comics. (5,5)
  31. 67. The only Queen song which Roger Taylor wrote by himself. (2,2,4,4,2,3)
  32. 68. Ancient empire with no written language. (5)
  33. 69. Hollywood actress born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna in 1913. (4,6)
  34. 70. The main character of Shakespeare's last play, whose name means 'fortunate'. (8)
  35. 72. Batman's nemesis. (5)
  36. 73. Actor who divorced Jennifer Aniston in 2005, and Angelina Jolie in 2019. (4,4)
  37. 76. The first name of the titular character in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. (5)
  38. 77. 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Emma' in the modern setting of Beverly Hills. (8)
  39. 84. Musical based off the poems of T.S. Eliot. (4)
  40. 85. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, under the shade of a...? (8)
  41. 86. Payments of a percentage of revenue made to an author, composer, inventor, etc. (9)
  42. 88. Christmas song that has been recorded over 137,000 times. (6,5)
  43. 90. Egyptian god variously associated with kingship, the dead, the underworld, and the sun. (6)
  44. 92. First name of Sherlock Holmes's younger sister in the 2020 film. (5)
  45. 96. The North American tree Acer rubrum. (3,5)