Helen

2. Writer, alternatively, with supply of ink?
4. You're very sad for having this as your favourite food ;)
7. Where a first date may take place
8. A manufacturing powerhouse since the Industrial Revolution, this city is England's 2nd largest in population (also a certain university is here)
9. Best served in a bun with a tatti scone
10. Scots site of rotary canal lift
12. Duolingo is helping you learn this
15. Our favourite vino bebe
17. City of central Scotland, 'Gateway to the Highlands'
20. Causing great surprise or you in general
22. Old playwright is visibly nervous with fruit knife, at the back
25. An amazing restaurant you took me to
28. MAWland plant
29. City on the Clyde
30. The cutest dog in the world
35. No heart, such a person might be rough!
36. The name of a legendary car
38. Another word for delightful or you in general
39. Americans spell this spirit wrong
41. 'The Idiot' author

1. BEST BOYBAND IN THE WORLD SINCE ONE DIRECTION
3. A production we went to see with your parents
5. The first film we saw together
6. The animal you got for Avie
11. Lord of the ___
13. Showing compassion or you in general
14. The princess in Shrek ;)
16. Vicar's end in church is a restriction for crime writer
18. On the way out
19. A way to describe your looks
20. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families
21. Home of the Royal Mile
23. International team’s way to win, holding firm
24. How some fries are made
25. Alex's favourite brewery
26. The hills ___ bare now
27. Me & you
31. Language of the answers to this puzzle's uniclues
32. At the start of a novel by this author, Dombey is 48 years old & son, 48 minutes
33. Song I said was about you
34. It's always sunny in ___
37. Infinitive part
40. Tome or edition
42. The subject of your favourite podcast