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SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390.1 See 22 Across
2 _ Coward, English
dramatist, actor and
composer whose works
included Hay Fever (1925)
and Blithe Spirit (1941) (4)
3 A long, loose decorative
dress formerly worn when
entertaining guests in the
afternoon (3,4)
4 _ energy, another name for
atomic energy (7)
5 Robert _, Best Actor Oscar
winner for the 1939 film
Goodbye, Mr Chips (5)
6 A practice session in
cricket (4)
7 14th century King of
Scotland who led the Scots
in the Wars of Scottish
Independence (6,3,5)
8 In the US, a major road with
several lanes (7)
11 High spiral slides at
fairgrounds (6-8)
14 The standard monetary unit
of Sweden (5)
16 Legendary sainted British
princess said to have been
martyred with 11,000 virgins
by the Huns at Cologne (6)
17 South _, state of the
Midwestern US, the capital
of which is Pierre (6)
18 Traditional forms of Oriental
self-defence or combat (7,4)
20 A person holding the title
of duke, marquess, earl,
viscount or baron (5)
22 Item of footwear worn by
dancers, equipped with metal
pieces on the toe or heel that
make a rhythmic sound (3,4)
23 People paid by parents to
look after their children (7)
24 Desserts consisting of ice
cream topped with sweet
sauces, nuts, whipped
cream, etc (7)
28 _ pin, another name for
a hairgrip (5)
29 An official language of
Pakistan, also spoken
in India (4)
30 The fibre prepared from the
husk of the coconut and used
for mats, brushes, etc (4)1 An island at the north end of
New York Bay; a borough of
New York City (9)
5 Loose scales of dry dead skin
shed from the scalp (8)
9 Smooth, hard, yellow or
whitish cheese which
shares its name with
a Somerset village (7)
10 Police officers of the
lowest rank (10)
11 The sounds made by horses’
feet on the ground (9)
12 Town in Cheshire; a major
railway junction (5)
13 The longest river in Africa (4)
15 Agile, arboreal Old World
monkey with a slender body,
long tail and hands, and long
hair around the face (6)
17 _ Gale, protagonist of the Oz
novels by L Frank Baum (7)
19 A city on the northeast
coast of Scotland; the
administrative centre of the
Highland council area (9)
21 White carnivorous mammal
of coastal regions of the
North Pole (5,4)
22 and 1 Down. 1960 novel by
Harper Lee featuring Atticus
Finch and his children Jem
and Scout (2,4,1,11)
23 The capital and chief port
of the Bahamas, on New
Providence Island (6)
25 Spanish sparkling wine
produced by a method
similar to that used for
champagne (4)
26 Splinter of wood or strip
of twisted paper with which
pipes, fires, etc are lit (5)
27 A copious supply or great
amount of something (9)
31 Leader of a country’s Jewish
community, a position held
in the UK by Ephraim Mirvis
since 2013 (5,5)
32 Arthur _, Conservative Prime
Minister 1902-05 (7)
33 A minster town in West
Yorkshire on the River
Calder (8)
34 An aromatic deciduous tree
of North America with dark
blue fruits (9)