Complete Clue List
Across
1. Queen of Norway (b. 1937) but NOT Ms Braga (b.1950), Brazilian actress
4. Membranes that separate the middle ear from the outer ear (likes percussion)
9. Keith, Country singer (but a city boy)
10. Baku resident
12. Photocopied by a brand name
14. Northern English county
15. Specialised shedding-card game (might be number one in Italy and Spain!)
16. Vitamin B1 (alt.)
17. Mr Frazer former Australian Davis Cup captain is not the lead singer of Crowded House
20. Shorter notation for a unit of weight (UK - equal to 112 lb avoirdupois or US equal to 100 lb)
21. Casserole without the fancy French name
23. Sexual purity
25. Almost archaic synonym of frequently
29. Garden tool or good-looking chap (make sure you pick the right one depending on your specific need)
31. British wood chopping tool
32. Small children, usually mischievous ones
34. Kenyan capital
35. The three-digit number on the back of a credit card used as a security feature (abbr.)
36. Make worse
38. Narcissus' occupation (so to speak)
39. Bad situation with vehicle sliding out of control on a wet road due to failure of tyres to grip
41. An assumed identity
42. Traders who travel from place to place selling small items (not to be confused with interferers)
43. Outer coloured parts of the peel of citrus fruits
Down
1. Lower in rank or position
2. Not free or released from a specific requirement which applies to others (3-6)
3. A prince in Hindu mythology OR a 1977 Steely Dan album
4. All
5. 1933 Broadway musical and 1935 movie adaptation starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
6. Re-release of a publication or entertainment program
7. Florida city with some "Heat"
8. Different, unusual ideas but impractical, likely to fail: Derived from Miguel de Cervantes' works
11. Incompetent
13. Kirsten, "Interview With A Vampire", "Virgin Suicides" & Spider-Man's love interest
18. Furry, bipedal creatures, fictional native to the forest moon of Endor in the "Star Wars" universe
19. This guy's wife didn't have a name but she turned into a giant salt-lick
20. Raw materials / agricultural products that can be bought and sold
22. Rubber ring made for a wheel (but is not sleepy)
24. Cold and slippery conditions or a description of a cold reception
26. Dividing structure between neighbours OR use a sword (may need to employ both if things turn ugly)
27. Spectacles with three types of lenses
28. Quickest
30. People who practise self-denial, austerity and abstain from material comforts/pleasures
31. Only coastal city in Jordan located on a gulf of the same name
32. Lack of freedom meaning no escape
33. A polity ruled by an Ottoman leader eg ____ of Crimea one of the successors of the Mongol empire
37. Loose weave cotton surgical bandage or pad
40. Shortened, informal form of a popular boys' name eg Mr Coombes, lead singer of Supergrass