ACROSS - FOR OLDER BRAINS 1. Character played by Richard Beckinsale in Porridge (6,6) 3. The conflict which spawned the slogan “Better Red Than Dead” (4,3) 7. Team England beat in the Football World Cup final in 1966 (4, 7) 10. The name given to Thailand from 1945 - 1949 (4) 12. Number of furlongs in a mile (5) 13. Surname of actor who played the second Dr Who (9) 14. Surname of actor who appeared in the 1975 classic Jaws (8) 17. The first nation to give women the right to vote (3,7) 19. Bird killed in the title of the Harper Lee novel (11) 21. The _____. Nickname of singer of “Heartbreak Hotel” (4) 22. The colour of the Beatles’ submarine (6) 23. Singers of “Where did our love go” (8) 27. Plane used in WWII (8) 29. Warren Beatty’s character in his 1967 cult film with Faye Dunaway (5) 30. First ever James Bond film (2,2) 35. The country whose flag is made up of the Union Jack and the Southern cross (9) 36. Number of pints in a gallon (5) 37. The political system established in South Africa in 1948 (9) 38. 60’s hairdo (7) 39. Day of the week WWII was declared (6) 40. M. _____. Inventor of the miniskirt (5)
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2. Carol Ann _____ - Poet Laureate (5) 4. Stacey (of Gavin and Stacey)'s surname (4) 5. Search engine from Microsoft (4) 6. Surname of actor who played the eleventh Dr Who (5) 8. The colour of the feathers of the Sinosauropteryx dinosaur (6) 9. Nitrous dioxide, Carbon dioxide and _____, the gases that countries agreed to reduce in the Kyoto treaty (7) 10. Company which makes Blu-Ray (4) 11. Surname of father of Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz (7) 15. James Bond film featuring Daniel Craig (6,6) 16. Name of one of Barack Obama's daughters - see 25 (5) 18. The youngest person to sail single-handed around the world (4,6) 19. What this is a picture of in text-speak: @}--,--'-- (4) 22. Band fronted by Karen O (4,4,5) 24. The first name of Tracey Beaker's social worker (6) 25. Name of Barack Obama's other daughter - see 16 (5) 26. City TV series Skins is set in (7) 28. The _____. 2008 album by Lady Gaga (4) 29. In design, what the C in CAD stands for (8) 31. The colour shirt worn by Peter Crouch's club (5) 32. Surname of Ron, Harry Potter’s best friend (7) 33. Acronym of band that got 2009 Christmas number one (4) 34. The name of NASA's space rover robot that's stuck on Mars (6)
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ACROSS - FOR OLDER BRAINS 1. Lennie Godber 3. Cold War 7. West Germany 10. Siam 12. Eight 13. Troughton 14. Scheider 17. New Zealand 19. Mockingbird 21. King 22. Yellow 23. Supremes 27. Spitfire 29. Clyde 30. Dr No 35. Australia 36. Eight 37. Apartheid 38. Beehive 39. Sunday 40. Quant
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2. Duffy 4. West 5. Bing 6. Smith 8. Ginger 9. Methane 10. Sony 11. Beckham 15. Casino Royale 16. Malia 18. Mike Perham 19. Rose 22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 24. Elaine 25. Sasha 26. Bristol 28. Fame 29. Computer 31. White 32. Weasley 33. RATM 34. Spirit