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The Great Escape Crossword Puzzle

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Clues and answers relate to the 1963 movie 'The Great Escape'. Some knowledge of the real events may be helpful.
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      1. Initials of character played by Angus Lennie
      4. Third American prisoner
      7. Before they can escape, they must do this to the tunnel
      10. The tailor was sometimes addressed by this short form of his surname
      12. Lancaster crew member (abbr.)
      13. What Blythe offered Hendley to drink
      14. One way for Hendley to obtain forbidden items
      16. Most of the prisoners were members of the Royal ___ Force
      17. When the dedication to The Fifty is shown
      21. Ice, to Werner, perhaps
      22. Item Blythe needed
      23. Dispersals always needed ____ room to 'hide' the dirt
      25. Armament for a Spitfire
      26. Code names of the tunnels (3, 4, 3, 5)
      31. Short first name for Ives
      32. Descriptive of the Gestapo man's expression when he caught Bartlett
      34. Hilts presented this sort of argument for a 'blitz out'
      35. Where some of the prisoners might have been shot down
      37. Ashley-Pitt belonged to the Fleet Air ____
      38. What the prisoners were trained to do
      39. Ramsey's position (abbr.)
      40. What some of the pilots might have been
      43. Neighbour of Sedgwick's home country (abbr.)
      45. Danny and Hilts were these, of tunnel and cooler, respectively
      47. Another word for the compound
      48. Hilts' branch of service became this after the war (abbr.)
      49. Initials of director of the film

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      1. Hilts took some time to _____ to Bartlett's suggestion
      2. To go, to Sedgwick's final guide
      3. Towards the back, to Ashley-Pitt, perhaps
      5. What the 'O' in P.O.W. stands for
      6. What the prisoners called the guards (7, 3, 5)
      8. Inmate of the compound
      9. Initials of actor who played Cavendish
      11. Where Ives died
      15. The tunnel walls were ______ with bed boards
      18. Character played by Tom Adams, in charge of diversions
      19. Medal ribbon worn by some of the prisoners (abbr.)
      20. Claustrophobic tunnel king
      24. Prisoners hoped for parcels from the ____ Cross
      26. Transportation used by several escapers
      27. Surname of actor who played Ashley-Pitt
      28. The guards made frequent _____ to try to find the tunnels
      29. What the guard took before shooting Ives
      30. First name of 'Big X'
      32. Surname of actor who played Cavendish
      33. Home country of Hendley and Hilts (abbr.)
      36. Collect together, as escape paraphernalia
      41. Indefinite article, to the commandant
      42. Initials of actor who played Sedgwick
      44. The real Big X was from this country (var. abbr.)
      46. Initials of actor who played MacDonald