Crossword Nº50 December - January
SENIOR TIMES CROSSWORD No. 50 by Zoë Devlin
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1 And 12 Down. Seasonal greeting from all at Senior Times! (2,4,3,1,5,9,3,1,5,3,4)
14 Silent or Holy ___ it’s a Christmas carol! (5)
15 Passage for water or even TV programmes? (7)
16 Invalidate or quash (7)
17 She lived in Lewis Carroll’s wonderland (5)
19 Being ten more than eighty! (6)
20 Not clean-shaven - more like Santa (7)
21 Scrambled or poached? (4)
23 This is the season of ___ and goodwill to all ! (5)
26 Incapable of being found (4)
28 Saint whose bed is in Glendalough (5)
29 Hill near river Boyne, once seat of High Kings (4)
31 Authorisation - delivered on a tandem? (7)
36 Legendary Christmas saint (5,5)
37 Native American mammals with facial masks (7)
38 Bully, intimidate or push around (8)
40 Les accepts the need for these vision correctors (10)
41 Large, often underground, chambers (7)
42 Magi who brought gold frankincense and myrrh (4,3)
46 There’s a clarity to this briskness and liveliness! (8)
48 Seedcases (4)
49 Upper house of parliament (6,7)
52 Mortals rebuke these agitators! (13)
55 Uriah ___, character in ‘David Copperfield’ (4)
56 They fly through the Christmas sky with 36 Across (8)
59 Most virtuous knight of the Round Table (7)
61 Small brown garden bird (7)
62 Recalls the past (10)
65 Those who jeer or mock (8)
66 Long narrow trenches beside roadways (7)
67 Ernesto ___ ___, revolutionary Cuban leader (3,7)
71 Takes in or sucks up (7)
73 Back part of shoe or boot (4)
74 Biblical character who was swallowed by a whale (5)
75 Structure where 61 Across lays eggs (4)
80 Searches or seeks (5)
81 Now known as Thailand (4)
83 Person who shoes horses (7)
84 Small skin canoes (6)
88 Spicy sauce or saucy dance? (5)
89 French nun, famed for her letters to Abelard (7)
90 Intransigent - impervious to requests (7)
91 Edgar ___, member of Scott’s ill-fated expedition (5)
92 Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby’s best-seller (1'1,8,2,1,5,9)
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1 Good King ___ of Christmas carol fame (9)
2 Wheeled vehicle drawn by animal (5)
3 Acts of civil disobedience where demonstrators stay put (3-3)
4 Sailing boats (6)
5 Mormon state in western U.S. (4)
6 Small, seasonal pastry (5-3)
7 Measuring sticks for those in command? (6)
8 Distant but within sight (6)
9 Blessed or hallowed (4)
10 Covering on the Christmas cake (5)
11 Plaything found in Christmas stocking (3)
12 See 1 Across
13 He was famous for saying ‘Open Sesame’ (3,4)
18 On this day of Christmas there were Pipers piping! (8)
22 Japanese warrior (7)
24 Exile who flees for safety (7)
25 Two sons of our first parents (4,3,4)
27 General awareness or faculty (5)
30 Jolson or Capone? (2)
32 Bird of prey but not a parrot! (6)
33 Semi-formal evening dress for men (5,3)
34 Grand, Royal and alimentary? (6)
35 Fred’s partner, Ginger ___ (6)
39 Dame Edna - always found among beverages? (7)
40 Scatterbrained and absentminded (6)
43 Annual awards for chemistry, peace etc. (5,6)
44 Uncooked or in your birthday suit! (3)
45 Traps for small animals (6)
47 Do Avoca people eat this fruit often? (7)
50 They’re latter parts of the day (8)
51 Waterford singer, ___ Doonican (3)
53 Not an absolute farce, this measurement of wind force (8,5)
54 Conifer often used as Christmas tree (6)
55 Edgar J or William of vacuum cleaner fame (6)
57 Sounds - rackets - disturbances (6)
58 She adhered to the colour of her hair! (3-4)
60 Apprehends - takes into custody (7)
63 It’s our ‘Banner County’ (5)
64 Threatens or attempts physical attack (8)
68 ****** (9)
69 State of Ohio in short! (2)
70 Prediction as given by Jean Byrne (8)
72 Ruined - not edible - bad (7)
76 Piece of photographic equipment (6)
77 Does Graham live in this northern county? (6)
78 Exchange goods without involving money (6)
79 Characters from TV series Dr Who (6)
82 Lough ___, situated in Leitrim and Roscommon (5)
85 Moving cloud of bees (5)
86 Laszlo ___, inventor of the ballpoint pen (4)
87 Fine grained mineral used as powder (4)
89 Lovely partner for the turkey (3)
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