Black Country Bugle

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1 Choux pastry cake (6) 5 Punctuatio­n mark (5) 8 American wild cat (6) 10 Deserts (8) 14 Simon __, UK TV talent

show judge (6) 16 Barack __, 44th US

President (5) 21 Extensive view (8) 22 Pariah (7) 23 Rants, outbursts (7) 25 Regulator (9) 26 Short musical pieces (6) 27 What a person generally

eats (4) 28 Fossil fuel (3) 29 Atypical (8) 2 Medieval trumpet (7) 3 Assume, take on (5) 4 Attains (7) 5 Metallic noise (5) 6 Illicit alcohol, informally (9) 7 Insects (4) 8 US city (5) 9 Choose (3) 11 Naughty (3) 12 Miserable (3) 13 Erased (7) 14 Ensnare (5) 15 Conflict (3) 17 Tree (5) 18 Standoffis­h (5) 19 South Pacific boat (4) 20 Light patterns in the sky

in the polar regions (6) 32 Declare (5) 33 Carve (4) 34 Statement of belief (5) 35 Angry mood (4) 38 Genuflects (6) 40 Hold on (5) 42 Thing assisting

progress (8,5) 44 Bereaved wife (5) 46 Route accessible to

shipping (3,7) 48 Neater (6) 51 Ban (7) 54 Poisonous plant (10) 55 Don’t touch! (5,3) 59 Machines for removing

moisture (6) 24 Altercatio­n (3-2) 25 Joined (3) 26 Facial hair (7) 30 Born (3) 31 Revokes (7) 34 Throw (4) 36 Mist (3) 37 Breathing disorder (6) 38 Equipment (3) 39 Distinguis­hed (7) 40 Sticky, chewy sweet (7) 41 Clark __, US actor (5) 42 In printing, a small line at

the end of a stroke (5) 43 Bird of prey (5) 44 Symbol impressed in

paper (9) 45 V-shaped insert (5) 60 Expert, skilled (9) 62 Situation, matter in

question, informally (7) 63 Register (5) 64 Seriously (9) 67 Panel returning a verdict

on a court case (5,4) 69 Halts (5) 71 Woman’s name (7) 74 Auxiliary part (9) 77 Mistakes (6) 78 Writer (8) 81 Those who cross streets

recklessly (10) 82 One who works with

wool (7) 84 Spiritual meeting (6) 47 Female sibling

(informal) (3) 49 Encroachme­nts (7) 50 Giaochino __, Italian

composer (7) 52 (Of an engine) using lubricant for thermal regulation (3-6) 53 Zoo employees (7) 54 Ignore (7) 56 Chats, gossips (7) 57 Devotee (7) 58 Major or minor

constellat­ion (4) 61 Cosy (4) 65 Carry out (7) 66 Part of a ship (7) 68 Periods of time (5) 87 Unlikely (10) 90 Was upright (5) 92 Palmist, e.g. (7-6) 95 French river (5) 96 Patterned fabric (6) 98 Heroic tale (4) 100 In front (5) 101 Prosecuted (4) 102 Cut the wool from a

sheep (5) 104 Tape (8) 107 Insect (3) 109 Musical symbol (4) 111 Artist’s supports (6) 112 Annoying (9) 114 Architectu­ral style found

in Spain and N. Africa (7) 70 Bundle of corn (5) 72 Remain awake (4,2) 73 Item of tack (7) 75 Previous (5) 76 Relating to birth (5) 79 Manner (3) 80 Pills (7) 83 Make stronger (9) 85 Type of large deer (3) 86 Direct (one’s course) (4) 88 Cleaning implement (3) 89 Grass leaves (6) 91 Have too much food (7) 93 Kingdom (5) 94 Fortune (3) 96 Originates (7) 97 Investigat­ors (7) 98 Furnish (5) 117 Spite (7) 118 Supporter (8) 119 Individual sea anemone or

coral (5) 120 Monster (6) 121 Remnant (8) 122 Grasslike plants (6) 123 Verdant (5) 124 Scanty (6) 99 Julian __, UK

comedian (5) 101 __ Hill, UK author (5) 103 Embrace (3) 105 __ Khan, UK boxer (4) 106 Jessica __-Hill, UK

Olympian (5) 108 Long (5) 109 Hot drink (5) 110 Stuart __, Scottish rugby

player (4) 112 Type of dog (3) 113 Unwell (3) 115 Mineral (3) 116 Horticultu­ral tool (3)

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