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31 How to win The theme of this crossword is pets. When you have completed the grid, the letters on the shaded shapes, reading from left to right and top to bottom, will spell the winning answer. Write this on the coupon.
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2 5 Large – Open piano and instrument: close eyes 9 Simon song: Bridge and Garfunkel – Troubled Water 10 Following: – in line 11 Aussie bushranger: – Kelly 12 Remained: – the night 13 Attorney 14 Aquatic reptile 17 Oscar winner for The Queen: – Mirren 19 Horse’s fastest gait 23 Make public, declare: – the winner 24 Obsolete, no longer in use: cassettes are an – form of music 25 Harmonica: mouth – 26 Of sound 27 Additional: – homework 29 Entrance: front – 31 Jot down: make a quick – 34 Alfred Hitchcock film genre 37 Strong, lightweight, corrosion-resistant metal often used to make bicycles 38 Chicken out: lose your – 40 Large soup-serving spoon 42 Comply with: – the orders 43 Caviar: sturgeon – 44 IMF: International Monetary – 45 48 50 Feline Walk swagger Money good proudly, service pet left (Picture for A) 52 55 Long assignment Vacation: written 56 go Lots on of an precipitation: overseas – 59 60 – Golf Tear: day ball – the peg paper 62 65 Lettuce-based Clocks tells this dish 66 67 Tea Bathroom flavour: sink – Grey 68 Cutlery dessert item: – 69 Urban haze caused by air pollution: city – 73 Penalty: parking – 74 Picture 76 Angry: seeing – 77 We breathe this 78 Python or cobra, eg 79 Long period of time with no rainfall 82 Hidden store, secret supply 83 Major armed conflict: World – II 84 Shy, timid 85 US rock ‘n roll pioneer: – Holly 88 Fish: moray – 92 Pesto herb 93 Nightmare: bad – 96 Extort money from 98 Rude, insulting: the player made some – remarks to his opponent 100 Clothing mark: grass – 101 Friend in Spanish 102 Upper atmosphere: – layer 104 Edition: have you got the latest – of Take 5? 105 Leonardo DiCaprio movie: The – Gatsby 106 UK physicist and A Brief History of Time author: – Hawking 108 Banana colour 112 Minor nd sports injury: muscle – 113 Birthplace of surfing 114 Bovine animal 116 The East 117 Aussie Alice in Wonderland star: – Wasikowska 118 Semicircle 119 Treeless Arctic region 120 Man’s best friend and pet (Picture B) 121 Christian festival when chocolate eggs are given 122 Number of lives a cat is said to have 123 Gone the way of the dodo or woolly mammoth 124 Pulp: – the potatoes
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1 Make slightly damp: – the cloth 2 Fast racing dog 3 Home: humble – 4 Hang loosely 5 Popular pet bird (abbrev) (Picture C) 6 Rome is the capital 7 Understanding, expertise: she has a lot of – on the subject 8 Place where you put excess belongings 14 Pants 15 Sign up, enrol: – to vote in the election 16 One of King Arthur’s knights 17 Listen to 18 Midday 20 South Australian capital 21 People from the capital city of Riga 22 Chemist 28 Theatre attendant 30 Boat paddle 32 Not young 33 Subtraction symbol 35 Danger: in great – 36 Mix together: – the colours 39 Period of time 41 Garland 46 Hot beverage: green – 47 Ornamental vase 48 Adorable 49 At that time: see you – 50 Rubber wheel outer 51 Water carrier 53 Aerated bath 54 Also known as 56 Popular long-eared pet (Picture D) 57 Immediate: – reply 58 Gentle boil 61 Monarch’s son, eg – Charles 63 Large spotted cat 64 Ballerina, eg 70 Mature, age: – up 71 Speech: public – 72 Over the shoulder book bag 73 Wear at the edges: the shorts have begun to – 75 Not difficult 78 Aretha Franklin: the queen of – 80 Egg dish 81 Popular aquatic pet (Picture E) 86 Public bookborrowing facility 87 Hot-drink dispenser 89 Roof beam 90 Django Unchained and Pulp Fiction: – Tarantino 91 Actor who played James Bond in Skyfall and Quantum of Solace: – Craig 92 Vampire TV show starring Anna Paquin: True – 94 Small rodent: field – 95 Movie theatre 97 Former capital of Japan 99 Evening: – time 103 Rough guess 104 Not guilty 107 Not an amateur (abbrev) 109 Bleach: – the sheets 110 Popular ballet: – Lake 111 Relax, take it easy: – up 112 Firming spray used when ironing 114 Military trainee 115 Clint Eastwood musical western: Paint Your –