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ACROSS 3. Book of maps (5) 8. Glossy fabric (5) 10. Fundamental (5) 11. Cooking vessel (3) 12. Tycoon (5) 13. Cautious (7) 15. Not hollow (5) 18. Floor covering (3) 19. Make bare (6) 21. Hangs freely (7) 22. Complain bitterly (4) 23. Foolish (4) 24. Table game (7) 26. Boy’s name (6) 29. Chest bone (3) 31. Lodging house (5) 32. Save (3,4) 34. Fact (5) 35. Metallic element (3) 36. Demand as right (5) 37. Tell dog to do this! (5) 38. Assistants (5)

DOWN 1. Tokyo’s country (5) 2. Inorganic substance (7) 4. Utensil (4) 5. Maltreats (6) 6. Hairdresser’s shop (5) 7. Graphic (5) 9. Pitch (3) 12. Simpleton, informally (7) 14. Gaiety (3) 16. Of the moon (5) 17. Deepness (5) 19. Seemly behaviour (7) 20. Anger (5) 21. Piece of turf (5) 23. Formal discussions (7) 24. Spiced sausage (6) 25. Equipment (3) 27. Prickly shrub (5) 28. The press, television,

etc. (5) 30. American farm (5) 32. Unmixed (4) 33. Wag (3) 1. WHO will replace Graham Norton when he leaves his Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2? a) Tess Daly b) Helen Skelton c) Susanna Reid d) Claudia Winkleman 2. WHO was sent off for a headbutt in the 0-0 Premier League draw between Leeds and Arsenal? a) Granit Xhaka b) Héctor Bellerín c) Nicolas Pepe d) Gabriel Magalhaes 3. WHERE did folk rock band Torridon play Scotland’s first indoor live music gig since the start of lockdown in March? a) Glasgow b) Inverness c) Edinburgh d) Ecclefechan 4. ROLLING Stones guitarist Keith Richards says he’ll celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary in a what? a) Pub b) Wheelchair c) Old people’s home d) Phone box 5. WHO scored 35 seconds after coming on as a substitute in Tottenham’s 2-0 Premier League win over Manchester City? a) Lucas Moura b) Gareth Bale c) Joe Rodon d) Giovani lo Celso 6. CAMBRIDGE University Library has announced that two notebooks worth millions of pounds have been missing for 20 years. To whom did they belong? a) Charles Darwin b) Charles II c) Charles Bronson d) Charles Dickens 7. IN what year did The Great British Bake Off first appear on our screens? a) 2008 b) 2009 c) 2010 d) 2011 8. WHICH will NOT be part of the BBC’s Christmas schedule this year? a) The Vicar of Dibley b) Gavin and Stacey c) Doctor Who d) Mrs Brown’s Boys 9. THE government is planning to pass new laws to cut what? a) Defence spending b) NHS funding c) MPs’ salaries d) Overseas aid 10. WHICH country this week launched a mission to try to retrieve rock samples from the Moon? a) India b) Russia c) China d) France