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- 1.Dostoevsky novel first published in serial form in 1866
- 2.Napoleonic battle site - or an Abba hit?
- 3.Wind instrument with a double reed
- 4.Pixar animated feature from 2009
- 5.Steinbeck novel about plans that gang aft agley?
- 6.__ Hart, star of her eponymous BBC sitcom
- 7.8th century king of Mercia
- 8.Joshua __, sailor and author of Sailing Alone Around the World (1900)
- 9.A play by Chekhov - or a book by Raymond Briggs
- 10.Francisco de __, Spanish painter whose portrait of Wellington is in the National Gallery, London
- 11.Military garment worn by Wellington in 7
- 12.Ancient kingdom in what is now Benin
- 13.City occupied by Soviet troops in 1968
- 14.A book of the Bible - or a 1977 album by Bob Marley & the Wailers
- 15.Valley where David confronted Goliath
- 16.__ Brockovich, consumer activist
- 17.Singer whose works took all 10 places in the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year
- 18.Tom __, controversial former Labour deputy leader elevated to the Lords this year
- 19.The L in RNLI
- 20.A city in Queensland, but a town in Massachusetts and Suffolk?
- 21.Norman __, author of The Pursuit of the Millennium (1957)
- 22.__ Munro, hero of The Last of the Mohicans
- 23.Dryden play - and a 1623 massacre in Indonesia
- 24.Town on Anglesey
- 25.The capital of Norway
- 26.__ Clemens, birth name of Mark Twain
- 27.Japanese numbers game
- 28.Dutch brewing giant
- 29.__ 3, Anglo-Irish essayist (1667-1745)
- 30.5/3 hit from 2017
- 31.Erskine Caldwell's 1932 novel about Georgia sharecroppers
- 32.4/3's ironic solution to overpopulation
- 33.__ Thorning-Schmidt, former prime minister of Denmark
- 34.The third of the Gospels
- 35.Poem first published 100 years ago
- 36.Rhyming slang for 'tea
- 37.Another name for Robin Goodfellow?
- 38.Peninsula extending south and east from Massachusetts
- 39.Friend of 6/8 author, whose archive of letters at Princeton caused a literary stir
- 40.Henry David __, US author and philosopher
- 41.Citrus fruit common in Jamaica
- 42.Pale lager originating in Germany
- 43.The __, 1997 Ang Lee movie starring Joan Allen and Kevin Kline
- 44.Major tributary of the Mississippi
- 45.Author of 6/8
- 46.The daughter in Greek mythology of Zeus and Leda
- 47.Syrian city, near the Turkish border
- 48.A snake native to South America - and a variant of poker
- 49.Terry __, Anglican envoy held captive in Lebanon 1987-1991
- 50.Region of southern France - and its brandy
- 51.Baroness Lynda __, minister in the Major and Thatcher governments
- 52.Dutch university city
- 53.__ Butler, antihero of Gone With the Wind
- 54.6/8's cruellest month?
- 55.2's 'Miglior Fabbro' according to the dedication of 6/8
- 56.The capital of Colombia
- 57.Kenneth __, 1993-1997
- 58.Sir Robert __, 1834-1835
- 59.George __, 2010-2016
- 60.I believe in __.': Bonasera's opening line from The Godfather (1972)
- 61.Dame __ Holmes, Olympic gold medallist
- 62.Rishi __, 2020-2022
- 63.Alistair __, 2007-2010
- 64.__ Up in Blue; song by Bob Dylan
- 65.Country bordered by Algeria and Guinea
- 66.Denis __, 1974-1979
- 67.Sea surrounding Corfu and Ithaca
- 68.Geoffrey __, 1979-1983
- 69.The currency of, inter alia, Namibia and Jamaica
- 70.The largest of the Balearic Islands
- 71.The government agency advising on appointments for former government ministers
- 72.1976 horror film starring Sissy Spacek
- 73.Russian fortress, used as shorthand to mean the Russian government
- 74.Popular name for a Canadian national police officer
- 75.Stanley __, 1922-1923
- 76.Frances __, winner of the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry
- 77.Norman __, 1990-1993
- 78.Selwyn __, 1960-1962
- 79.David __, director of Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- 80.Russian paramilitary group active in Syria and Ukraine
- 81.André __, French author of one of the essays in The God that Failed
- 82.Term used when prize money that isn't won or claimed is available for another round
- 83.Coach who led England to victory in the Women's Euro 2022
- 84.Centre of learning on Exhibition Road, London, SW7
- 85.Music and dance form from southern Spain
- 86.__ of Wales, Norwegian queen 1905-1938
- 87.Henry __, Edward Hyde's better half?
- 88.Ella __, scorer of the first goal in the Women's Euro 2022 final
- 89.River that rises in Ethiopia's Lake Tana
- 90.Ethnic group native to Nigeria
- 91.__ Jong, author of Fear of Flying
- 92.Leah __, England football captain
- 93.__ Ferrante, author of the Neapolitan novels
- 94.__ Journeys - undertaken by Prunella Scales and Timothy West for C4
- 95.National nature reserve in Cornwall
- 96.Scorer of the winning goal in the 2022 Women's Euros
- 97.Driving manoeuvre perfected by the current government?
- 98.Irish county
- 99.Amy __, aviator selected as one of 18's Yorkshire greats
- 100.WH __, poet omitted from 18's list of Yorkshire greats
- 101.Fi __, BBC journalist and host of the Fortunately podcast
- 102.Catch-all term for a person who spends time abroad living with and working for a host family
- 103.Phoenician god of fertility
- 104.Nickname for people from New Zealand
- 105.What 8 was busy with on this day in 1605?
- 106.__ Malfoy, played by Tom Felton in the Harry Potter movies
- 107.Tommy __, central character in Peaky Blinders, played by Cillian Murphy
- 108.Sir Bernard __, Margaret Thatcher's press secretary
- 109.The name given by Bartholomeu Dias to the southern tip of Africa
- 110.Henry __, sculptor included in 18's list of Yorkshire greats
- 111.Canada's largest city
- 112.Stanley __, D-day hero included in 18's list of Yorkshire greats
- 113.Computer game, released in 1986, in which the player has the part of Burt
- 114.Obelix's preferred meat?
- 115.Frederick __, composer included in 18's list of Yorkshire greats
- 116.Guido __, rightwing blogger - and sometime name of one of 18's Yorkshire Greats
- 117.Ted __, star of Cheers and The Good Place
- 118.Emily __, author included in 18's list of Yorkshire greats
- 119.James __, navigator and explorer included in 18's list of Yorkshire greats
- 120.The __ of the Republic, song from which Steinbeck took the title to 8/14
- 121.The __, Steinbeck novel featuring the Joad family
- 122.Christian __, French fashion house
- 123.Decade associated with jazz and art deco
- 124.Inspector __, character created by Colin Dexter
- 125.Steinbeck novel featuring Lennie and George
- 126.Pakistani city east of the Khyber Pass
- 127.Where Cain was exiled when he went 4/16, according to Genesis
- 128.City where the German constitution was written in 1919
- 129.Another name for the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria
- 130.Castle, bay and village on the Pembrokeshire coast
- 131.The __: John, Paul, George and Ringo
- 132.Spiro __, Nixon's unfortunate choice as vice-president
- 133.Steinbeck novel featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons
- 134.People and language found mostly in Namibia and Bostwana
- 135.__ Kurosawa, film director
- 136.My __, musical based on Shaw's Pygmalion
- 137.__ Morricone, composer
- 138.What was both terrible and swift according to the first verse of the 6/21
- 139.The __, Suffragist magazine launched in 1853
- 140.Emmanuel __, 2017 - present
- 141.Jacques __, 1995 - 2007
- 142.Diane __, Canadian jazz musician
- 143.__ Hayridge, actor who played Holly in Red Dwarf
- 144.Microsoft operating system launched in 2020
- 145.Winner of 22 grand slam tennis titles
- 146.Type of snake, also known as a viper
- 147.Sir Lenny Henry's home town
- 148.The downwind side of a ship or island
- 149.Nicolas __, 2007 - 2012
- 150.Ancient city-state in Mesopotamia