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A cross about all things British, my good chap. British spellings.
Author: suzidunc - Diff: Harder

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      1. First born son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
      4. Capital of Wales
      8. The Americans call them "pants". The British call them "_____".
      10. British slang word for "toilet"
      11. The cardinal direction in which you must travel from Wales to get to England
      12. ________ Puddings. Named after a northern area of Britain and often served with roast beef
      16. Blade used to propel the boats in the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on the River Thames
      17. British mobile phone network
      18. South-western county of England famous for its cream teas
      20. Famous poem by British author and poet Rudyard Kipling
      22. Post-script (abbrev.)
      23. Ceramic ware for which Stoke-on-Trent is famous
      25. 1969 song by Liverpool band "The Beatles - "Polythene ____"
      26. British author of the "Chronicles of Narnia" - "__ . __. Lewis"
      27. To renounce one's throne - like Edward VIII in 1936.
      28. The Welsh do it in clogs and the Irish do it in tap shoes
      31. "_______ Airways" - national air carrier of Great Britain
      33. Whole smoked herrings, butterflied and eaten for breakfast in Britain
      36. Roman emperor who built a defensive wall in Northern England in 122 AD
      37. Type of red deer native to Britain
      38. Old English word for "look" or "see"
      40. Occupation of seaworthy Britons Dame Ellen MacArthur and Ben Ainslie
      41. Word often used in English to describe Romani people (singular)

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      1. Sauce usually served with roast beef dinner
      2. Playful, water-dwelling mammal found in many British rivers
      3. Game bird often found on British country estates and shot for sport
      4. Stick used to play snooker or pool in British pubs
      5. Flower used as the symbol of the Tudor dynasty.
      6. British actor who played Draco Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" film series - Tom ______
      7. Gentlemen who dance with handkerchiefs, sticks, and bells on their legs
      9. What the Cutty Sark is
      13. "City of dreaming spires", home to the oldest university in the English-speaking world
      14. County known as "The Garden of England"
      15. Capital of Scotland
      19. Julius Caesar's famous phrase - "Veni, Vidi, ______"
      20. Intellectual property (abbrev.)
      21. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland
      22. Name of the popular television postman with a bright red van and cat named Jess
      24. Town near Manchester famous for flaky pastry buns filled with currants
      25. Common root vegetable component of British roast dinners in Winter and at Christmas (plural)
      29. "Cox's Orange Pippin" is a British variety of what fruit? (plural)
      30. Verb meaning "to play the bagpipes"
      32. Old English drink made by mixing an alcoholic spirit with hot water, spices and honey - "Hot _____"
      34. Small, round loaf of bread known by many other names in Britain,including "bun", "bap"and "cob"
      35. Northern English football club - "Preston North ___"
      39. Initials of "Black Sabbath's" Birmingham-born lead vocalist