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    Group 981


    Puzzle 1

    1. How Thomas Edison proposed to his second wife
    2. One who refuses to buy from certain companies
    3. As if by sorcery or witchcraft
    4. Most populous city in Maryland; home to The Wire
    5. Small round nuts, often served with chocolate
    6. Mentality that is said to attract wealth
    7. William S., Beat Generation Naked Lunch author
    8. Karl, became creative director of Chanel in 1983
    9. Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin comedy western
    10. Kids' earworm; ...., doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
    11. Religious followers

    Puzzle 2

    1. Field sport played with a unique netted stick
    2. Creator and executive producer of Law and Order
    3. The chemical element represented by the symbol W
    4. The saxophone is this type of instrument
    5. White chocolate liked by young cowboys
    6. Subtitle added to the first Star Wars film in 1981
    7. Fins on the side of a fish's body
    8. Not fancy at all
    9. Largest Russian island, in the North Pacific
    10. Famous big red dog in children's books, on screen
    11. Regional trade body for South America

    Puzzle 3

    1. Person after whom something is named, eg sandwich
    2. New York City's famous park
    3. The Korean War took place in this decade
    4. Long-poled device for recording sound in movies
    5. Romanian pretzels sold at street kiosks
    6. John, star of King Ralph and Arachnophobia
    7. Saying about opposites, "the other side of ...."
    8. Golf holes played one under
    9. A distorting device used with an electric guitar
    10. Casablanca country

    Puzzle 4

    1. Calling of Batman or Mr. Incredible
    2. Someone not deserving of blame
    3. Patron saint of magicians
    4. To escort, go along with
    5. Professional dental expert on oral cleaning
    6. Phrase for stage actors meaning good luck
    7. Area of transition from plains to mountains
    8. Two first names of Wuthering Heights author
    9. He proposed the periodic table in 1869
    10. TV drama about Russian spies, The ....

    Puzzle 5

    1. An official, legal order from an authority figure
    2. .... Gonzales, super-fast Looney Tunes mouse
    3. Their rock opera Tommy debuted in 1969
    4. Number puzzles written on square grids
    5. Seashell that clings to a rock
    6. Mac computer file manager
    7. "Biscuit" in the UK, "...." in the US
    8. Japanese rail tunnel linking Honshu to Hokkaido
    9. Runs a 40-yard sprint
    10. Small hand-held purse as an evening-wear accessory
    11. Letters added to a word's end, opposite of prefix

    Group 982


    Puzzle 1

    1. Not nice; those who Santa doesn't give gifts to
    2. Old-fashioned word for between
    3. TV show about three sisters who are witches
    4. Sum of money paid at regular intervals
    5. Movie for which Patricia Arquette won an Oscar
    6. One-legged ballet turn whose name means "to whip"
    7. Offense's opposition
    8. The sharp outgrowth of a plant's outer skin
    9. Swiss tennis player Bencic
    10. Month giving its name to a three-week war of 1973
    11. Uruguayan beef, bacon, egg and tomato sandwich

    Puzzle 2

    1. Marx and Engels wrote The Communist ....
    2. Latin word abbreviated to "viz" in English
    3. Negative evaluation; Roger Ebert's profession
    4. Active volcano on the Italian island of Sicily
    5. A web search provides them for local restaurants
    6. Watching a show via the internet
    7. Container for flint, firesteel, and charcloth
    8. An inventor's first working version of something
    9. Attendee at a formal coming-of-age ball
    10. Decorative dressings for beds
    11. Percy Bysshe Shelley 1810 Gothic horror novel

    Puzzle 3

    1. English county where writer Thomas Hardy was born
    2. Croissant-doughnut hybrid
    3. Soundness of mind, rationality
    4. South American mammal used as a beast of burden
    5. Star Wars Rebels Jedi Master, Kanan ....
    6. Pause, e.g. a mid-season break in a TV series
    7. A grading system for a film's content like PG or R
    8. Rough drawing or painting
    9. The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of him
    10. Decorative neckline or lapel of a shirt or jacket
    11. Virtual reality brand owned by Facebook
    12. This gets cut in a ceremonial opening

    Puzzle 4

    1. Woman in line to inherit a fortune
    2. One-piece wrestling uniform
    3. Crush food into tiny pieces
    4. A self-propelled underwater missile
    5. Poked
    6. Ja Rule's given name
    7. Lion shouting
    8. Surname of Bill, US president 1993-2001
    9. Chilean artist Matta, painter of Hermala II
    10. Sea that separates European and Asian Turkey
    11. Jason, star of Arrested Development and Ozark
    12. Publishers, one of the world's conglomerates

    Puzzle 5

    1. James who invented basketball
    2. African birthplace of Queen's Freddie Mercury
    3. He went from zero to hero in a Disney movie song
    4. Exaggerated masculinity or superiority
    5. Caribbean island considered the birthplace of rum
    6. Chocolate bar filled with peanuts, nougat, caramel
    7. Writer of the Pippi Longstocking series, Astrid ....
    8. Railings alongside a staircase
    9. Best friend to Ross in Friends
    10. Sources of income collected by governments
    11. Chemistry, biology are these types of subjects
    12. Muscles on the sides of the abdominals

    Group 983


    Puzzle 1

    1. A rotating entry gate
    2. Sir Alan, playwright of Relatively Speaking
    3. Spellbound, utterly bewitched
    4. Baby mallards
    5. US slang for a dollar banknote
    6. Deadlock that ends a game of chess
    7. Sodium ....; chemical name for soda crystals
    8. The Heart emerald in Romancing the Stone
    9. Cult TV show starring Joel McHale, Donald Glover
    10. Early style of New Orleans jazz

    Puzzle 2

    1. German city associated with animal musicians
    2. Macaulay Culkin film and hit for The Temptations
    3. The town where Family Guy is set
    4. Cards for cheats, with altered features
    5. Type of parachute deployed to slow a moving object
    6. Kiss's second studio album, .... Than Hell
    7. Lucy, Peter, Susan's brother loves Turkish Delight
    8. Endangered marsupial also called the walpurti
    9. Fighters who take part in bouts in a ring
    10. The UK Chancellor lives at this number Downing St
    11. Canadian province Nova ...., means New Scotland
    12. Adding .... to injury

    Puzzle 3

    1. Means misdirection or bad advice in North America
    2. From the city of the Grand Canal
    3. Collective name for the tiny bones in the ear
    4. School tome to answer questions from
    5. South American country; an anagram of aneurysm
    6. Bandana
    7. Youngest winner of Best Actress Award at Cannes
    8. Groaning or squeaking, like old floorboards
    9. King of Soul, sang You Send Me and Wonderful World
    10. Website menu for navigating between pages
    11. Extra text inserted at the end of a document

    Puzzle 4

    1. Famous brand of wax sticks that kids draw with
    2. English dynasty that featured four King Georges
    3. Street athletics, aka freerunning
    4. Launch a project or debate
    5. Kamakawiwo'ole sang Somewhere Over this
    6. Relating to the conjunction of stars or planets
    7. .... and the Forty Thieves, Arabian Nights tale
    8. Glass chalices or wine glasses
    9. Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy
    10. Web browser operated by Mozilla
    11. Tuna species known as maguro in Japanese
    12. Thin layers of glued chipboard
    13. Corsican capital city, Napoleon's birthplace

    Puzzle 5

    1. Material in chalk, plaster, wallboards
    2. Injuries that can be physical or emotional
    3. Roundabout route
    4. Softly and carefully
    5. White formal jacket worn by James Bond
    6. Tennis rally
    7. Domestic dove, can be carrier, homing or racing
    8. The clasp on one's belt
    9. German title meaning "emperor"
    10. Howard, member of Buzzcocks and Magazine
    11. Danish author Karen, aka Isak Dinesen
    12. Hot containers for making potato chips

    Group 984


    Puzzle 1

    1. Major Aztec city-state also called Tacuba
    2. Location where fish are bred and raised
    3. Ethnic group native to Ljubljana or Maribor
    4. The Fosbury Flop is a technique in this sport
    5. Controversial French delicacy of goose livers
    6. Likelihood; a potential future event or situation
    7. Hit song by Rihanna with a weather theme
    8. What ignored protestations fall on
    9. Luxury Las Vegas resort with dancing fountain
    10. Common name for the trachea, connecting the lungs
    11. .... cemetery, Illinois, houses Abe Lincoln's tomb
    12. The woodcarver who created Pinocchio
    13. Stimulant found in coffee, tea and cola

    Puzzle 2

    1. African country whose capital is Kigali
    2. Charles M. Schulz's comic strip beagle
    3. High-board sport with tucks and pikes
    4. Something perceived as hostile became less intense
    5. Nirvana's 1989 debut album
    6. Protective headgear worn on a construction site
    7. Royal chair, sounds like it's been bowled!
    8. Hormone produced by fat cells in the body
    9. Gas cloud that forms in space
    10. Heavy duty scissors for cutting wool off of sheep
    11. .... talkie, handheld radio
    12. Alternative name for the jacks in a deck of cards
    13. Sports brand founded by Adi Dassler in 1924
    14. One who signs fake signatures
    15. Thin, mesh-like cotton fabric
    16. Weaknesses, defects
    17. Cartoon Inspector with lots of gizmos
    18. Chinese rice porridge dish
    19. Works of art made by a raised surface and inking
    20. Sherlock Holmes' sidekick

    Puzzle 3

    1. Large chilli pepper ground into cooking powder
    2. Manufacturing facility
    3. Partners of ligaments that connect muscle to bone
    4. A structure that protects from weather or danger
    5. First Rainbow Rowell novel about Simon Snow
    6. Food ....; emergency essential supply bundles
    7. Wired drum sticks often used in jazz music
    8. Territory surrounded by one other
    9. First epoch of the Neogene Period
    10. One who throws a baseball
    11. Text on a screen that mirrors dialogue
    12. Enzyme that transforms starch into sugar
    13. Flicking in and out, e.g. a snake's tongue
    14. Pecans grow on this type of hardwood tree

    Puzzle 4

    1. Suspend a parliamentary session
    2. Objects studied as proof in a criminal case
    3. These types of camels have two humps
    4. Temporarily bans a pupil from attending school
    5. Narrow cracks through rocks
    6. Neck injury common in car accidents
    7. Synthetic rubber material used to make wetsuits
    8. Band who had hits with The Scientist and Fix You
    9. Oscar-winning director of 2018's BlacKkKlansman
    10. .... card, handed out to potential work contacts
    11. Fictional winter holiday from Seinfeld
    12. Vendor or trader of wholesale goods
    13. King of France, patron to Leonardo da Vinci
    14. Meg's full first name in Little Women
    15. Dish of fried squid; anagram of "a lima car"

    Puzzle 5

    1. Follow musical notes written on a stave
    2. Martian ...., superhero also known as J'onn J'onzz
    3. Crude, unsophisticated; basic, underdeveloped
    4. Former computer company behind the Amiga line
    5. Large coral reef predator with sharp teeth
    6. Mystical valley in 1933 novel Lost Horizon
    7. Bodily system of smell
    8. First-class guest cabin on an ocean liner
    9. Company that trains staff at Hamburger University
    10. Official who leads a funeral service
    11. Speedy Jamaican sprinter with appropriate name
    12. Horror franchise that includes 2018's The Last Key
    13. Heat and squeeze this rock to make marble

    Group 985


    Puzzle 1

    1. Class of air travel between economy and first
    2. Gymnasts, acrobats
    3. A publication containing recipes
    4. Small carnivore known for catching snakes
    5. Whole pig cooked on a spit
    6. English king known as The Unready
    7. Quality needed to hit a bullseye
    8. Russian palace complex in the style of Versailles
    9. Say hi-diddly-ho to this Simpsons neighborino Ned
    10. Todd, director of Road Trip and Old School
    11. Male thug, heavy or hooligan
    12. Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani could be happy here
    13. Shuffle, ball, change moves with noisy shoes
    14. Pertaining to the study of sound and soundwaves
    15. Frightening in appearance

    Puzzle 2

    1. First name of The Thinker sculptor, Rodin
    2. Table tennis bats or rowing boat oars
    3. Dijon, wholegrain or honey, for example
    4. Richard ...., a pseudonym of Stephen King
    5. Strengthen, reinforce
    6. Napoleon Bonaparte's horse
    7. .... rose, diagram on a chart showing N, S, E, W
    8. Actor Adam known for Happy Gilmore, 50 First Dates
    9. Long arm bone that's not funny when you hit it
    10. Nationality of composer Jean Sibelius
    11. Surname of A-list couple George and Amal
    12. .... & Wolff, shipbuilders of the unsinkable Titanic
    13. Professional who cuts meat for culinary purposes

    Puzzle 3

    1. Chaos, disorder, a word derived from "to maim"
    2. Primary or secondary historical evidence
    3. Actress Bella, CeCe Jones in Shake It Up
    4. Bandaged to insulate
    5. Harm someone who has wronged you
    6. Nickname for Canadian $2 coin
    7. Actress Betty, pin-up girl of the 1930s and 40s
    8. Food that Rick Sanchez becomes to avoid therapy
    9. Distressed lady in a fairy-tale tower
    10. Hindu river goddess also called Kalindi
    11. Country in which the maxixe dance originated
    12. They "turn" when one gains advantage over another
    13. Rich Italian ice cream sold on street corners
    14. The country where Day of the Dead originated
    15. Courageous and scrappy
    16. .... My Religion, award-winning 1991 hit for REM
    17. Silver ...., superhero speeding through hyperspace
    18. Name for a year that consists of 365.25 Earth days
    19. Sarah, designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress
    20. Standard keyboard layout
    21. Name given to a group of bears
    22. Keep in custody

    Puzzle 4

    1. Black comedy about a vinous road trip
    2. Cigar-smoking Hazzard County commissioner
    3. d:ream keyboards player and astronomer
    4. Things that are done every year
    5. Festival or event for geeks, fans and gamers
    6. Don Bradman's short-pitch bowling technique
    7. Thousand-year-old swords found in Europe
    8. Frozen sweet dessert made from H2O
    9. Silvery fish, anagram of mere lack
    10. Shiny floor covering that looks like wood
    11. Michael, author of Jurassic Park books
    12. A reported appearance of a UFO, for example
    13. Where the cost is found on an item
    14. Dry sticks used to light a fire

    Puzzle 5

    1. Queensland is a state in this country
    2. Pressures or limitations of fame
    3. Beckett play about a lady stuck in a mound of soil
    4. TV sitcom about the 1980s, The ....
    5. Walk This Way rock band
    6. Crash and Empire of the Sun author
    7. Wonderful, flawless, perfect
    8. UK Prime Minister during the Second World War
    9. A strong, dark brown unrefined sugar
    10. Children's jumping toy with footrests
    11. Cordless, e.g. a .... phone

    Group 986


    Puzzle 1

    1. The Fault in ...., young adult novel by John Green
    2. Buzzing insect that produces sweet syrup
    3. From the very beginning (Lat.)
    4. Durum wheat product used to make pasta and flour
    5. Cast a hypnotic spell over
    6. Brazilian supermodel Gisele's surname
    7. Sticky strip for catching winged household insects
    8. Landlocked South American nation with Paraná River
    9. Actor in Goodfellas, Home Alone and Raging Bull
    10. Study of religions
    11. Slide-like slope, said to lead to ruin
    12. Nonsense, meaningless chatter
    13. Describes one who uses threats to control others
    14. .... Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith show on Facebook Watch

    Puzzle 2

    1. Edmund, Elizabethan author of The Faerie Queene
    2. .... Mitford, she married the Duke of Devonshire
    3. When there's a whole lot of something
    4. Tax benefit that a charity claims from donations
    5. Activity from the Japanese for "empty orchestra"
    6. .... greens, iconic southern US vegetable side
    7. US teen drama, 13 .... Why
    8. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote The .... of the Opera
    9. Country once ruled by King Zog I
    10. Life ....; 2003 bestselling album for Dido
    11. Military plans and strategies of attack
    12. Nicely, tenderly
    13. Lady and the Tramp's male owner, Darling's husband
    14. Palaeoanthropology studies the .... of humans
    15. Critically acclaimed film .... Kane
    16. Of or relating to Cobra family of venomous snakes
    17. Short hairdo with ends rolled under
    18. Plug-in appliances for raising room temperature
    19. Fabric-making skill using a single hooked tool

    Puzzle 3

    1. Tennis player and sister of Venus
    2. British pub name, refers to a white hunting dog
    3. Bart Simpson's baby sister
    4. 2005 Carrie Underwood song, Before He ....
    5. Canadian bear that inspired A A Milne
    6. Capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya
    7. An establishment where outpatients are treated
    8. Denouement, or satisfying end to a film
    9. Deep sea fish, has bioluminescent orb to lure prey
    10. Messy, definitely not neat
    11. Estimate of income and expenditure for a set time
    12. .... rolls, Chinese pastries with vegetable filling
    13. Artist who made silkscreen prints of the Mona Lisa
    14. Food that conforms to Jewish diet regulations

    Puzzle 4

    1. She provides the voice of Meg in Family Guy
    2. A work with no known creator is this
    3. Alligator's cousin from the Nile or the Orinoco
    4. State that hosted the NBA Nets, 1977-2012
    5. Alexander the Great was born here
    6. The outermost layer of an atmosphere
    7. Imitated life in a computer
    8. Chopped fruit mixture often put in a pie
    9. Music festival named for an arid California valley
    10. Name of the killer in the Scream series
    11. Beach in ...., 1882 seascape by Claude Monet
    12. Remote, undeveloped stretch of wilderness
    13. Any substance that is poisonous to a cell

    Puzzle 5

    1. A horizontal distance from a vertical y-axis
    2. Concealed information, e.g. a .... phone number
    3. Peggy and Eliza's sister in the musical Hamilton
    4. Bouncing steps in ballet
    5. Fabric-trading route connecting Asia to Europe
    6. They were Hot for Teacher in 1984
    7. Save a copy of a file or document to your own PC
    8. Stripy pet feline, Prof McGonagall's animagus
    9. Barbers, stylists give these trims
    10. Italian salt-cured beef
    11. Casino worker
    12. Woody's horse in the Toy Story movies
    13. Capital city of India

    Group 987


    Puzzle 1

    1. Sandy's surname in Grease movie
    2. Samuel ...., founded a famous shipping line in 1840
    3. Rocky inlets on the Norwegian coast
    4. The proportion of light reflected by a surface
    5. Event on August 1st celebrating the first harvest
    6. Traditional South African barbecues
    7. Iconic South Beach Miami hotel with art deco flair
    8. Large silver tray for serving items from
    9. Fatty and oily; having a slimy taste or feel
    10. British term for what Americans call a cell phone
    11. War during which the sitcom MASH was set
    12. Instrument played by Sherlock Holmes
    13. Polish composer known for his piano nocturnes
    14. Jesse James's race horse
    15. You can't teach an old dog these

    Puzzle 2

    1. Syd Barrett was a founder of this UK rock group
    2. To cut someone off when they are speaking
    3. Dick Van Dyke's character in Diagnosis Murder
    4. Lethal and sharp-toothed winner of Uno, poker?
    5. Someone who is native to Reykjavik's country
    6. Like Baby Bear's porridge in the Goldilocks story
    7. State of being unknown or out of the public eye
    8. The director of The Color Purple and The Terminal
    9. Pilsner, golden beer
    10. Spiritual and political leader of Tibet
    11. 1990s-style head covering making a reappearance
    12. Fruit consisting of berries growing together

    Puzzle 3

    1. Electricity cables in the walls of a home
    2. Rhyming dog bark
    3. 1516 satire by the philosopher Thomas More
    4. Danny, stars in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
    5. .... Binks, Star Wars alien with a funny voice
    6. Nintendo's handheld games console launched in 2017
    7. Juan Manuel ...., Formula 1 title winner 1951, 54-7
    8. Glass vessel for wine or orange juice, maybe
    9. Jungle ...., 1973 hit for Kool & the Gang
    10. Speak from memory
    11. Earth's solid surface area
    12. Complete the palindrome, "Dennis and Edna ...."
    13. A cure or way to reduce symptoms
    14. Tech company known for its GPS
    15. Famous Mississippi city, hometown of Elvis Presley
    16. Knobbly yarn with a looped texture
    17. It's the M in the file extension MPEG
    18. David ...., fleeing sidekick with John Wilkes Booth
    19. A mammal of the deer family

    Puzzle 4

    1. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
    2. Number of ounces in a pound
    3. Video game subtitled The Dark Descent
    4. His real name is Dwayne Johnson
    5. Camera ...., pinhole image device
    6. Name for a disc-shaped emblem on a flag
    7. Daniel ...., 1876 novel by George Eliot
    8. Crumbly square of meatiness
    9. Shrub-like tree with hard wood, blooms in spring
    10. Character who visits at bedtime and brings dreams
    11. Hype or excessive promotion before an event
    12. .... Thunder, US operation during the Vietnam War
    13. Athletes on ice or kids on boards
    14. Spinning top for Hanukkah
    15. Maui's main airport town
    16. Premises that white-collar workers work from
    17. Hair that's been braided in three strands
    18. Entered into a dictionary
    19. Part of the hip bone between the ilium and pubis

    Puzzle 5

    1. Author of The Outsiders, Tex
    2. Most wooly, furry, or shaggy
    3. Area of partial shadow during an eclipse
    4. Stand for hanging jackets and outerwear
    5. Lord Nelson's was injured in the Siege of Calvi
    6. Done, completed
    7. .... Whisper, hit ballad released by Wham! in 1984
    8. Greek marinated meat kebabs
    9. Improbable, far-fetched
    10. Robin, star of Jumanji and Mrs. Doubtfire
    11. Alphabetically, the last country in the world
    12. Reddish-brown plover with white markings
    13. Military camouflage

    Group 988


    Puzzle 1

    1. Frank, author of Dune
    2. Idle scribbles
    3. Thom E ...., nom de plume of NCIS' Timothy McGee
    4. Ladle water from a sinking boat
    5. Danish Christmas dessert with a spirit
    6. Rachel, played Clare in The Time Traveler's Wife
    7. Country where 2005's Cedar Revolution took place
    8. Small, elevated mound
    9. Neatened the ends of long hair
    10. Planet, Roman god and Queen frontman
    11. Transportation that travels between two places
    12. Astronomical event that marks the start of autumn
    13. To do with, anagram of repaint
    14. Motor-racing course
    15. Social Asian monkey; most widespread primate

    Puzzle 2

    1. Oscar-winning 2016 film directed by Barry Jenkins
    2. Makeup
    3. Speed a pulse beats per minute
    4. Pop superstar Cher's surname
    5. Collapse or failure of negotiations
    6. Like formula involving squaring
    7. Tennessee Williams' The Glass ....
    8. He was UK prime minister from 1997-2007
    9. Occasionally, intermittently
    10. Milk with the water removed, sweetened with sugar

    Puzzle 3

    1. Nationality of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent
    2. US Vice President, won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
    3. Second most common element in the universe
    4. Silver wind instruments without reeds
    5. Not well thought out
    6. Infamous female partner of Clyde
    7. South Africa's first national park
    8. Another name for Grand Slam tennis tournaments
    9. Selects onscreen with a mouse
    10. Corporate insignia, regalia
    11. Stephen King horror about telekinetic girl
    12. Julia Louis-Dreyfus played this Myers in Veep
    13. Green tropical fruits, pink inside
    14. Spunky and spirited
    15. Comblike structure on a duck's bill
    16. Mythical, colossal octopus-like sea monster
    17. Game character improved with a spell or potion

    Puzzle 4

    1. A long, bitter verbal attack
    2. Highest whole number on the pH scale
    3. Politically active and uncompromising
    4. The pads that surround a snooker table
    5. Jude Law played this person in The Young Pope
    6. A Mesopotamian terraced structure
    7. Buddhist New Year celebration in Thailand
    8. Crisp, branded snacks to pop from a cardboard tube
    9. Last name of Roald Dahl's Matilda
    10. Footwear for walking on winter precipitation
    11. Bros singer, twin brother of drummer Luke
    12. United Arab ....; country in the Middle East
    13. Home city of Formula 1's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
    14. The Serbian tennis star, Novak ....
    15. Richard, British star of the Hobbit trilogy
    16. Pressing an inked, rubber-ended device onto paper
    17. Flourishingly move a sword back and forth
    18. Zuckerberg website featured in The Social Network
    19. Rodents erroneously known for cliff-jumping
    20. Unlucky number, according to superstition

    Puzzle 5

    1. Ballroom dance performed to big band music
    2. Hairy-footed trickster in South American folklore
    3. Cattle barn on a farm
    4. Ralph, writer of Invisible Man
    5. Buying and selling goods or shares for others
    6. Tiny orange Southeast Asian fruit
    7. Protecting collars on pipework
    8. Lori, People Get Old singer
    9. Point at which water turns into steam
    10. Discussed an issue between two parties
    11. Flowers of a family that contains Jacob's ladder
    12. Temporary home for felines while owners are away
    13. .... days, periods of calm, named after a kingfisher
    14. Bony growths on the side of a big toe
    15. Marvel hero portrayed by Robert Downey Jr.
    16. Organic compound that depresses the nervous system
    17. A famous Dalí sculpture is one on a telephone

    Group 989


    Puzzle 1

    1. Official paperwork for leaving a country
    2. Scratch around for something in a hurry
    3. Detestable, damnable, loathsome
    4. Katrina and the Waves were Walking on it
    5. Gymnastic moves on horseback
    6. Former name of Italy's Calabria region
    7. Sit on or brood eggs
    8. He played It in the 1990s miniseries
    9. Star of Mystic River and I Am Sam
    10. Strict concern with details
    11. A company or person unable to pay their debts
    12. Stage and movie musical with ABBA songs
    13. Garden power tool for cutting tall grass
    14. Metal obtained from the ore stibnite
    15. Turkish street food snack similar to pizza

    Puzzle 2

    1. Mardi Gras-city nickname for Ernie Els
    2. What you say to show you can be relied on
    3. EU nation whose parliament is the Folketing
    4. Passenger pod next to a motorcycle
    5. Wrap up a dead body like an Egyptian
    6. A layered Italian dish of ragù, pasta and cheese
    7. Short-haired African hunting dog breed
    8. The Japji Sahib is a prayer in this religion
    9. What hair and nails are made of
    10. To give instructions with authority
    11. .... humor; comedy in the darkest of times
    12. Shortened ad version of a film
    13. Largest ocean in the world

    Puzzle 3

    1. A small-scale musical drama
    2. Clean an exercise machine after use
    3. Princess Margaret's private Caribbean island
    4. Replacing a decimal with the nearest whole number
    5. The wrestling Warrior who once beat Hulk Hogan
    6. .... valve; attachment for inflating pneumatic tyre
    7. French country loaf
    8. Bart Simpson's best friend
    9. Largest type of white blood cell in the human body
    10. British pub name, a dun-coloured pouring container
    11. Ancient Greek rowing ships
    12. Mount into which Lincoln's face is carved
    13. The M in the financial body the IMF
    14. Taylor Swift's second surprise album of 2020
    15. Robot or other machine that resembles a person
    16. Complete happiness or ignorance
    17. Author of The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen
    18. Mammal also known as the red bear-cat
    19. Video game character Sonic is one
    20. Pure atmosphere, in the countryside perhaps
    21. First name of the first President Roosevelt
    22. .... Things, Netflix series about the supernatural
    23. Guardian angel in It's A Wonderful Life

    Puzzle 4

    1. Brittle sweet made of nuts mixed with caramel
    2. Publication that helps tourists plan a trip
    3. State trees of South Carolina
    4. City in which H&M are based
    5. Reggae genre named for the building it plays in
    6. Kate .... Medal; children's book illustration award
    7. He co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak
    8. The film franchise about Michael Myers
    9. Common name for dentalgia
    10. Seafront path for walkers, strollers
    11. Open mine for quarrying small stones
    12. Emily Blunt's actor husband, John

    Puzzle 5

    1. Surname of Percival, famous US astronomer
    2. Texas city where US President Kennedy was killed
    3. Gourmet chocolate brand
    4. Clumsy big person
    5. Male partners of brides
    6. One who hangs ten on the waves
    7. Showy but of little real value
    8. Surname of Post, singer of Rich & Sad, Go Flex
    9. My Neighbor ...., cult 1988 Japanese animated film
    10. Royal clown
    11. Harold, English playwright of The Caretaker
    12. A round, red fruit used in marinara sauce
    13. Wear this around the neck with a tux

    Group 990


    Puzzle 1

    1. Legendary Irish queen of the banshees
    2. Location of the USA's bullion depository
    3. A clergyman who is in charge of a chapel
    4. Cease flowing, fester or putrefy
    5. Sex and the City followed this Carrie's life
    6. Remove or take away from mathematically
    7. Decorative statue with flowing water feature
    8. Bois de ...., the largest park in Paris
    9. The busiest time of day on the roads
    10. Hours when a machine or computer is inactive
    11. Hank Williams sang I'm So .... I Could Cry
    12. The arbalest is an ancient form of this weapon
    13. Make a statement known to public in a speech
    14. Rhett and Link's Good .... Morning
    15. Notes gathered during a criminal investigation
    16. .... out; widened one's experience
    17. Jonathan Swift's island of little people
    18. Tony-winning actor named Audra
    19. Smoking piles of garden waste
    20. Swimming area that mimics the movement of the sea
    21. Name of spouse of John, Edward II and Richard II
    22. Legless lizard that wriggles and isn't fast
    23. Bloody Mary with beef bouillon, not tomato
    24. A three-sided shape

    Puzzle 2

    1. Makes noise like a snake
    2. Medium at Starbucks; Ariana's last name
    3. Send goods abroad to sell
    4. .... Canyon, notorious oil tanker spill of 1967
    5. Nicolas, president of Venezuela
    6. North Russian reindeer-herding people
    7. ...., ...., Chicken Dinner
    8. Missile sent into space
    9. Disease affecting plants or crops
    10. Tool for shaping cookies and pastry
    11. Wonder who just called to say I love you?
    12. Keep to, e.g. rules
    13. .... Panchali, Indian film by Satyajit Ray
    14. Surrealist artist, full name Emmanuel Radnitzky
    15. Cartoon animal always chasing the roadrunner
    16. John, 18th-century founder of the Methodist Church

    Puzzle 3

    1. Patrick, lead character in American Psycho
    2. An additional passage in a will modifying another
    3. Fur pouch worn on top of a kilt
    4. Governmental offices
    5. Eighth planet in the solar system; Roman ocean god
    6. Implied theme
    7. TV western about the Cartwrights; windfall
    8. Form of tennis played by two each side
    9. Linking a person to a photo on social media
    10. The ...., French king Louis XIV's nickname
    11. A room's roof
    12. Style of music associated with Scott Joplin
    13. System that supplies a need like utilities
    14. Section of a book often with a number or new title
    15. Chinese tile game whose name means "sparrow"
    16. There are 3,600 of these in an hour
    17. A weakening or wasting away of a part of the body
    18. Tokyo's world-famous former fish market
    19. 1920s art movement founded by Walter Gropius
    20. Spur of the moment, like a casual remark
    21. Starting city of train in the Great Train Robbery

    Puzzle 4

    1. Religion in which followers seek to attain Nirvana
    2. Sound amplifiers on a computer or stereo
    3. He leads in the Santa Clause movie series
    4. The Equator is this type of line
    5. TV series starring David Boreanaz in the Navy
    6. Took a suspected offender into police custody
    7. The Flying Burrito ...., singers of Wild Horses
    8. Protective glove worn by a knight
    9. Company famous for instant cameras and film
    10. Covered a roof with straw
    11. Southern US cuisine, e.g. fried chicken, fatback
    12. Bony protrusion to which skeletal muscles attach
    13. 1800s painter known for a portrait of his mother
    14. Nudging, poking; touching gently
    15. The Angkor temple complex is in this Asian country
    16. Sleepy rodent
    17. Fair-to-.... means average or so-so
    18. Handheld exercise weight
    19. Principal language of Madagascar

    Puzzle 5

    1. On a compass, it is opposite northeast
    2. Sample book to be checked for errors
    3. Five-pointed food also known as carambola
    4. He played a snake hunter in 1997 horror Anaconda
    5. Make someone walk when they are resisting
    6. It's the E in the United Nations' UNEF
    7. Instrument whose name means "wooden sound"
    8. Steam-powered penny-farthing vehicle
    9. Currency of Austria before the euro
    10. Country that celebrates Schoolies Week
    11. Permeating, saturating, infusing
    12. People who legally watch and approve a marriage

    Group 991


    Puzzle 1

    1. First name of Little Women author
    2. Beans, chickpeas and lentils are these
    3. Changeable, capricious, erratic
    4. Feldstein, set to play Monica Lewinsky on TV
    5. First name of acclaimed classical pianist Argerich
    6. Social errors or faux pas
    7. Old disease caused by lack of vitamin C
    8. Absence makes the heart grow ...., apparently
    9. There are five of these on each hand and each foot
    10. Gems made naturally by oysters
    11. Shooter, aggie, or cat's eye
    12. Alignment of three astronomical objects
    13. King of the Round Table or the animated Aardvark
    14. Holy patron of blind people

    Puzzle 2

    1. Running at a leisurely pace
    2. Like a lion
    3. Texan YouTube yoga sensation, .... Mishler
    4. Copenhagen's chief international airport
    5. Aristotle counted 12 of these morals
    6. Mexican folk song covered by Los Lobos
    7. 2011 period drama about two Black maids in US
    8. Codes that repair software installation problems
    9. Skin-tight dance uniform
    10. Semi-hard cheese; Captain Holt's Corgi
    11. Garden finch with scarlet head plumage
    12. Partner of nor
    13. Clear to see

    Puzzle 3

    1. British MP, first VIP to die in a rail accident
    2. Something having an identical shape to another
    3. Places that offer edible items to those in need
    4. Relaxing sound from orcas and humpbacks
    5. Head gear worn by Curious George's human friend
    6. Fruit found on a Hawaiian pizza
    7. 2016 Earned It singer whose name is missing an E!
    8. Its medical name is epistaxis
    9. When movies are scheduled to start
    10. Its medical name is the femur
    11. Wireless technology whose logo is two runes
    12. A getaway trip for a newly married couple

    Puzzle 4

    1. Placing new flowers in the ground
    2. Era of time that followed the dinosaurs
    3. Feeling that everything is gonna be OK
    4. Kuala Lumpur is a city in this country
    5. Killer plant in Little Shop of Horrors
    6. Ada, one of the first computer programmers
    7. Declan, cohost of Britain's Got Talent
    8. One of "twelve little girls in two straight lines"
    9. Blaxploitation movie with Curtis Mayfield tracks
    10. Showing good sporting behavior
    11. Curved blade tool for cutting branches off trees
    12. Peppa Pig's French penfriend, .... Donkey
    13. Miserable, poor
    14. Nausea when travelling in a vehicle, motion ....
    15. Knitting technique that creates a diamond pattern
    16. Flowing dress design for a mermaid, perhaps
    17. Pigmentation on the outer layer of a person
    18. Chinese brewery founded by Germans in 1903
    19. Protective clothing worn by motorcyclists
    20. Next to where the boxing action takes place

    Puzzle 5

    1. Musician with the deepest pitch guitar
    2. Bryce, Grand, and Antelope are ones in the US
    3. This crop is essential to the tofu market
    4. Minnesota's NFL team
    5. Return an item to its original state
    6. Tall star of The West Wing, actor Janney
    7. Koko was this animal who knew sign language
    8. With venture capital, you could own one
    9. In high ....; cheery, in a good mood
    10. Sweet yeast bread from France
    11. First name of actresses Biel, Alba and Chastain
    12. Light fabric made of nylon or silk
    13. Early movies with sound
    14. Seat given to little kids at cinemas, restaurants
    15. Nightclub performance with music and dancing
    16. Bodily enzyme that breaks down milk sugars

    Group 992


    Puzzle 1

    1. Worthy fundraising charity
    2. London borough where the Globe Theatre is found
    3. She plays Carolyn Martens from MI6 in Killing Eve
    4. The filmmaker who produced Vertigo and Psycho
    5. Person who travels on a bus, plane or ferry
    6. Category of eggs laid by hens that roam around
    7. Greek island with blue-domed roofs
    8. Common term for front crawl swimming stroke
    9. Keeps back, retains
    10. Founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers

    Puzzle 2

    1. Gossip; not allowed as evidence in court
    2. Cher song which pioneered Auto-Tune
    3. Break or splinter into pieces, like glass
    4. Model and TV host Teigen
    5. Partygoers are seen wearing these fancy frocks
    6. Mob boss on The Simpsons
    7. Cuisine associated with tacos and enchiladas
    8. Type of file used for many peer-to-peer exchanges
    9. .... Lane, seat of the The Great Fire of London
    10. One of an insect's two sensory appendages
    11. NASA's is space exploration
    12. Tolkien's elven character, son of Thranduil
    13. Mary Robinson was its first female leader
    14. Male hangout den in the home
    15. Tim Burton movie about the artist Margaret Keane
    16. Genetic material of organisms

    Puzzle 3

    1. Armenian-American band .... of a Down
    2. Tiny breath mint made by Ferrero
    3. A common saying, .... late than never
    4. Minor rivers that are smaller than streams
    5. Alcove in a mosque showing the direction of Mecca
    6. Clash of the ....; fantasy with mechanical owl Bubo
    7. Move in a rushed manner
    8. Tommy, British comedian who died on stage
    9. Large yellow and black stinging insect
    10. A person under the control of another
    11. Be plentiful
    12. The key scientist in natural selection
    13. Manassa ...., boxer Jack Dempsey's nickname
    14. The flat upper surfaces of stairs or steps
    15. State of .... by Ann Patchett
    16. A vassal lord of a shogun in feudal Japan

    Puzzle 4

    1. 2017 film about the evacuation of WWII troops
    2. Eighth sign of the zodiac
    3. Indian cold dessert made with noodles
    4. Ant-Man's companion, Janet van Dyne
    5. Chris Crocker wanted everyone to leave her alone
    6. Money a business gets through normal operations
    7. Popeye gets his strength from this green vegetable
    8. Small faults in character
    9. Pointed or hooked tool used in sculpture
    10. Famous beach on Oahu's south shore
    11. Condition and gait of lower limbs aka genu varum
    12. Wire ....; covert monitoring of phone calls
    13. Adams who was a wife and a mother to US presidents
    14. Live musical performance to an audience
    15. David, wrote Black and British: A Forgotten History
    16. Describing rocks made from cooled molten magma
    17. Large plate for serving canapés on

    Puzzle 5

    1. Precious stone named after the Greek for red wine
    2. Cindy, supermodel who married Randy Gerber in 1998
    3. Royal ...., turban-shaped domes in Brighton
    4. Large serpent creature that can kill with a glance
    5. Helen, author of Bridget Jones's Diary
    6. Soluble plant ash salts
    7. Italian dessert, a coffee and liqueur trifle
    8. Fruits in fillings for Eccles and Banbury cakes
    9. Daydreaming to get away from reality
    10. Nickname of TV love interest for Meredith Grey
    11. Game in which scoring a "bingo" wins 50 points
    12. South Korean winner of the 2020 Best Picture Oscar
    13. A pair of these cuts paper
    14. Nevada city known for casinos, luxury hotels
    15. It allows gas, oil and water to be transported
    16. Attractive, captivating, impossible to resist
    17. Music genre with bands like Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush
    18. 46th president of the United States, after Trump
    19. Person in charge of steering a boat
    20. Popular nickname of New York's Fuller Building

    Group 993


    Puzzle 1

    1. A large nocturnal lemur with a repetitive name
    2. Watery Italian city built on a canal network
    3. Tightening or loosening strings for correct sound
    4. Minecraft dimension that resembles hell
    5. In architecture, a room with one fully open side
    6. To lighten hair with a chemical
    7. Temperature scale on which 0º is absolute zero
    8. Short ...., means to be given little attention
    9. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias's Hot and ....
    10. Spanish government
    11. Way of communicating with God
    12. The brothers credited with flying the first plane
    13. Written guidelines to grade an assignment
    14. Digital image dots; Adam Sandler film
    15. Film studio founded by Walt in 1923
    16. Pale-yellow, sweeter-tasting grapefruit

    Puzzle 2

    1. Lacking empathy or kindness
    2. Madonna/Warren Beatty movie based on a comic strip
    3. Eerie vessel that mysteriously floats out at sea
    4. Auto-correct error named after a Silicon Valley city
    5. Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan's profession
    6. Pairings, e.g. of towns
    7. Rebel Yell and Dancing with Myself punk rocker
    8. The P and V in a PVC pipe
    9. Showtime TV series about Henry VIII
    10. Inkblot test used for psychological analysis

    Puzzle 3

    1. Flopping sadly
    2. Megan Jovon Ruth Pete's rapper name, Thee ....
    3. Fictional resort containing dinosaurs, .... Park
    4. He sang Beneath Your Beautiful with Emeli Sandé
    5. Leafy figure associated with springtime
    6. Emperor of Japan during the Second World War
    7. Someone who prefers their own company
    8. Penny ...., spooky series starring Timothy Dalton
    9. Driver, one who is in charge of a road vehicle
    10. Pike, star of 2012 thriller Gone Girl
    11. Curved, polished gemstone that has been shaped
    12. Fast-drying, water soluble paints
    13. Sleeping car on a European train
    14. Second largest stadium in India; capital of Utah
    15. A gossip; literally "what now" in Latin
    16. Another word for a mobster
    17. Bright yellow root, powdered and used as spice
    18. A bird's cleaning of its plumage
    19. Haitian city, capital of Artibonite

    Puzzle 4

    1. Desperate to grab a breath, .... for air
    2. Wooden flooring with geometric tile designs
    3. Sea creature named after a flower
    4. Topped with more sodium
    5. Where Arya Stark became a faceless man
    6. Singer of Foolish, Wonderful, What's Luv
    7. Slang for kitchen aprons
    8. Mandarin and Cantonese are forms of this language
    9. This Muppet and Waldorf are real grumpy guys
    10. Frida Kahlo painted a self-portrait with this hair
    11. Competing political groups
    12. Mythical warrior women
    13. More often than not

    Puzzle 5

    1. Mary's husband in the Bible
    2. Slow-moving, tree-dwelling mammals
    3. Venezuelan torta sandwich with meat filling
    4. Rough skin that sticks out
    5. Edmund, namesake of a famous comet
    6. .... forest; taiga biome with coniferous landscape
    7. This tool is commonly accompanied by a pestle
    8. Painful injury of ligament, often in the ankle
    9. A cupboard or side room for storing clothes
    10. International agreement, often for peace
    11. Swiss city in which FIFA is based
    12. To kick off a campaign; a rocket ship lifting off
    13. Set of eight consecutive musical notes
    14. Difference between cost and money given to cashier
    15. Weekday named after the Norse goddess Frigg
    16. Sleeveless cloak or shawl
    17. Schumacher film based on a Grisham book, The ....
    18. Touché Turtle's canine pal

    Group 994


    Puzzle 1

    1. Essex location of Adventure Island theme park
    2. Sudden moment of clarity or insight
    3. File .... Protocol, FTP, a way of moving large files
    4. Mended or fixed something
    5. He is the father of three ungrateful daughters
    6. Large metal rectangular container used for refuse
    7. Last name of Baywatch lifeguard Mitch
    8. Rhetorical or enquiring part of speech
    9. Ava, directed Selma and When They See Us
    10. Poet Dante Gabriel, wrote The Blessed Damozel
    11. The formal renunciation of your religion
    12. Tegucigalpa is the capital of this country
    13. Large-mouthed fish that live on the ocean floor
    14. Mega hit and summer anthem for Avicii in 2013
    15. Cylinder used in coin magic
    16. Less popular hue of famous velvet cake
    17. Roger Rabbit's home city
    18. A scraping wound causing damage to the skin
    19. Atomic number of silicon
    20. Lines of hair above our visual organs
    21. Global soccer tournament held every four years
    22. Signed up for military service

    Puzzle 2

    1. .... Bertorelli, Italian in 'Allo 'Allo!
    2. Seafood cooked to make angels on horseback
    3. Country in which Panama hats actually originate
    4. These chess pieces can only move diagonally
    5. 1999 computer virus with girls' name
    6. Pouting about something
    7. Largest lake in China, in the Tibetan Plateau
    8. Criminal group led by Blofeld in Bond films
    9. Stand By Your Man singer Tammy
    10. Cure-all for diseases
    11. Slang for money at one's disposal
    12. The Piccirillis crafted this president's memorial
    13. A person or company who funds an event
    14. Yuri the astronaut
    15. Jules Verne's adventuring navigator, .... Fogg
    16. Eight-tentacled marine invertebrate
    17. Shape-shifting fox in Japanese mythology
    18. Air-filled cavities in the face and skull
    19. Afternoon performance of a stage show

    Puzzle 3

    1. Nation that annexed Madagascar in 1896
    2. The back of the mouth; anagram of hot tar
    3. Joan, author of Slouching Towards Bethlehem
    4. Person who sacrifices, dies for their beliefs
    5. In economics, it is juxtaposed with supply
    6. Male falcon or hawk
    7. Bambi's mate and mother to their twin fawns
    8. Deep bellowing raucous laugh
    9. The Canary Islands lie off this continent
    10. Fix together with molten metal
    11. Supervised sentencing for crimes
    12. Cute tabby cat rival of Garfield
    13. Flyers, Wings, and Jets compete in this
    14. A mooli or white radish
    15. .... crew, odd, mismatched assortment of people
    16. The horizontal shelf or beam over a fireplace
    17. Played by Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things
    18. Novel adapted into The Exorcist III
    19. Singer Justin, who married Hailey Baldwin in 2018

    Puzzle 4

    1. Printmaking with an engraved image
    2. Creatures of Scottish lore who do chores at night
    3. One better than gold certification for album sales
    4. Units of energy provided by food
    5. German airship; British rock band Led ....
    6. It's said four of these will bring the apocalypse
    7. .... Wall, northernmost border of Roman Empire
    8. Decorative items that hang from lobes
    9. Created a new device requiring a patent
    10. Toni, star of Muriel's Wedding and Hereditary
    11. Company that pays staff; someone's boss
    12. Glass-covered room for letting in sunlight
    13. Illegally changing the recorded mileage of a car
    14. NBA basketball team based in New Orleans
    15. Long-distance journey made by car
    16. Largest of North America's Great Lakes
    17. US beach party with cooked seafood
    18. .... Day, US remembrance of fallen soldiers
    19. Disciplines someone for behaving badly
    20. Persian fragrance ingredient from plant gum resin
    21. Emma ...., author of Room

    Puzzle 5

    1. O positive or AB negative for example
    2. Food sweetener often blamed for obesity epidemic
    3. Singer of traditional narrative songs
    4. Official bird of Nunavut, Canada
    5. Wizard of Oz character who wanted a brain
    6. Poker hand also known as a "boat"
    7. Reluctant to appear in photographs
    8. Use oil to reduce friction
    9. Sheriff who hunted with Supernatural's Sam, Dean
    10. Aim or goal to work towards
    11. Stony habitats on a beach, fun for dipping nets in
    12. 1654 Rembrandt painting Bathsheba ....
    13. Punctuation mark combining a comma and a dot
    14. To absolve a person of their wrongdoing

    Group 995


    Puzzle 1

    1. Actress Barbara in The Lady Eve
    2. Salt ...., tiny cubes to replace microbeads in scrub
    3. Egyptian city on Suez Canal, south of Port Said
    4. Fruit pastry dessert; as American as this
    5. Press ...., publicity articles for the media
    6. 70s band had a hit with Silver Dream Machine
    7. Stretch before undertaking exercise
    8. Not twins but three babies born together
    9. Bestselling kids' book, Chicka Chicka ....
    10. Animal that feeds on the flesh of its own kind
    11. Removing a product from its packaging
    12. Setting for a natural, unenhanced photo
    13. California alma mater of Google's co-founders
    14. To give someone a "cold" one is to ignore them
    15. Leave something to someone in a will

    Puzzle 2

    1. A muzzle-loading firearm from the 16th century
    2. Ron Howard's character in Happy Days
    3. Instrument case containing weapons in Desperado
    4. Name used to identify a website, before the .com
    5. Tight-fitting necklace
    6. Welcome to the ...., we've got fun and games
    7. Meghan Markle wrote this lifestyle blog
    8. Signature burger of Golden Arches fast-food chain
    9. Fallen oak nuts
    10. Triangular bone made up of five fused vertebrae
    11. Ta-Nehisi who wrote Between the World and Me
    12. When in Rome, it's said you should do as they do
    13. The mixture of oil and balsam used at a baptism
    14. Hard-shelled sweet
    15. Largest French Polynesian island
    16. Allowed to expire

    Puzzle 3

    1. Wiig, who plays Cheetah in Wonder Woman 1984
    2. Fidget ...., handheld fad toy that whirls around
    3. Pro surfer Hamilton who survived a shark attack
    4. Someone held on a pedestal; placed in high regard
    5. French composer of the Clair de Lune piano piece
    6. Action word that goes with baby, dog or house
    7. Another name for a circular cutting power tool
    8. Rapidly shrinking lake in Central Asia
    9. One of three hot spots in modern glassblowing
    10. Hairdresser or fashion consultant
    11. One who models a trait or quality; or a video game
    12. Part of the afternoon for hot drinks and cakes
    13. English mystic and author, .... of Norwich
    14. Zooey Deschanel shares apartment with three men
    15. Henri, French painter of Harmony in Red
    16. Gall ...., tiny pouch-like organ that stores bile

    Puzzle 4

    1. She's the main character of Legally Blonde
    2. Buenos Aires is its capital
    3. Iconic Australian cake
    4. Swedish PM who was killed in Stockholm in 1986
    5. Perfectly round, like a three-dimensional circle
    6. Deadline counting down against the clock
    7. Dietrich, organist and composer of church music
    8. Make up, falsify
    9. He founded Microsoft with Bill Gates
    10. Antelope linked to the South African rugby side
    11. Appointed role of a famous painter during conflict

    Puzzle 5

    1. Stew from French for "revive the taste"
    2. Sewing machine corporation established in 1851
    3. Measures one's mass
    4. Stored, e.g. previously visited web pages
    5. Like a lemur's black-and-white tail
    6. City known to the Ancient Egyptians as Waset
    7. Places where people plead innocent or guilty
    8. Shimmery disc sewed onto clothing
    9. Chekhov wrote a play about this kind of orchard
    10. Tommy who said "Oh hi, Mark" in cult film
    11. ID stickers
    12. .... Farm, George Orwell barnyard novel
    13. Hit for David Bowie in 1969, Space ....

    Group 996


    Puzzle 1

    1. English playwright, author of Bartholomew Fair
    2. Medical procedure also known as a lumbar puncture
    3. Animal that subsists primarily on fruit
    4. Villainous demon from Disney's 1940 film Fantasia
    5. Moisture control for a building's walls and floors
    6. To purposefully overhear a private conversation
    7. UK name for an eggplant
    8. His Dark ...., Philip Pullman book series
    9. Oasis site of WWII battle in Libya
    10. The study of language families
    11. It's the world's northernmost capital
    12. A Sorta ...., 2002 hit for Tori Amos
    13. Large G&T from Spain in a balloon glass

    Puzzle 2

    1. Entrails, guts
    2. Merida and Katniss did this for sport
    3. Jake Gyllenhaal's film director father
    4. Utter fiasco, shambolic state of affairs
    5. Microblogging website whose logo is a blue bird
    6. Western .... gorilla; senior males are silverbacks
    7. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"
    8. Naturally occurring chemical used as poison
    9. Legally restricting, obligatory
    10. Breakfast fish soup, national dish of Myanmar
    11. Live alongside
    12. City in Italy that is also a sausage
    13. Revelation of a storyline in advance
    14. Ornate Tibetan sand pattern
    15. Famous crooner Frank
    16. Pills or capsules; an anagram of battles
    17. Safety reins on an infant car seat
    18. Make scratches on the skin, per Maori culture
    19. Tool with a pointed end, used to break ice
    20. Branch of medicine dealing with the urinary tract

    Puzzle 3

    1. Tag actor and comedian Hannibal
    2. Preparatory coat or layer before painting
    3. Amsterdam is known for these flowers
    4. City of the Isabella Stewart Gardner art theft
    5. 2010 board game about ceiling painting
    6. Send away from a kingdom forever
    7. French mints for breath freshening
    8. Bernadette, musical star of screen and stage
    9. What you usually do on Google
    10. Stereotypical villain in a comic book or cartoon
    11. Abstract unit of meaning such as part of a word
    12. Rowan Atkinson's speechless comedy character
    13. Instruments played by Yo-Yo Ma and Pablo Casals
    14. Walk in the countryside
    15. Circle of evergreen to decorate doors
    16. Fluffy creature that turns into a gremlin
    17. After Crete, the second largest Greek island
    18. Involuntary reaction
    19. Paper for casting a vote on election day
    20. Bankrupt car manufacturer from South Korea
    21. Liquid portion of the blood
    22. Home of the gods in Norse mythology

    Puzzle 4

    1. A cellar, the lowest floor of a home
    2. Royal dynasty founded in England in 1066
    3. Pendant-shaped part of supercell thunderstorm
    4. Doing this with Netflix instead of a date out
    5. Office gadget for destroying scrap paper
    6. Slang for animals, monsters or bugs
    7. Anna ...., novel by Russian author Leo Tolstoy
    8. A biscuit and a rank in the peerage
    9. Long thick cardigan that acts as a winter garment
    10. Marx Bros movie with Groucho leading Freedonia
    11. Celebration associated with holidays, street fairs
    12. London rugby club with crescent moon and star logo
    13. Acting siblings David, Rosanna and Patricia
    14. It's the P in investment banking company JP Morgan
    15. Scottish term for irritableness
    16. Brass player in a military group of musicians
    17. Male horse that has not been gelded

    Puzzle 5

    1. Bright green herb used to make a sauce for fish
    2. Facebook precursor
    3. Indigenous people and language of the Philippines
    4. Surname of vampire slayer Buffy
    5. See a film ahead of time
    6. San Diego Comic-Con's first year was Nineteen ....
    7. Laureate Italian poet who wrote lots of poems
    8. Accompanies, walks beside
    9. Very uneven triangle
    10. Female seed-producing organs of a flower
    11. Questions that might express doubt
    12. A small bag, typically with a shoulder strap
    13. Grid game played by dropping counters, .... Four
    14. The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
    15. Golf course areas with short grass

    Group 997


    Puzzle 1

    1. Scary creature, like Sully
    2. .... dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock
    3. Someone sent away to safety during wartime
    4. Shape with ten sides
    5. Indoor footwear, English translation of ciabatta
    6. Derbyshire spa town on the River Derwent
    7. Brian, actor who has attempted Everest three times
    8. Fifty Shades author, real name Erika Leonard
    9. Sport that is central to Belleville Rendez-vous
    10. To praise enthusiastically
    11. Spanish term for a bullfight
    12. A group of sea snails

    Puzzle 2

    1. A non-varying value or scientific phenomenon
    2. Original name of dating app Tinder
    3. All-in-one padded baby outfit for icy outdoor wear
    4. Rhodesian PM who declared independence in 1965
    5. Spot that is targeted by a spell: Area ....
    6. Makes it out the other side of a disaster
    7. Scottish town hall or prison
    8. Manager of holiday accommodation with room service
    9. Muscular parts of a bird's throat
    10. US golfer known for his sidewinder technique
    11. Jamaican who featured with Sia on Cheap Thrills
    12. Black and gold brand of batteries
    13. Face-coverings to help one sleep on the plane
    14. John Carpenter film about an alien in the Arctic
    15. The main dish in Goldilocks and the Three Bears
    16. Christine who stars in The Good Fight

    Puzzle 3

    1. Peridot is this month's traditional birthstone
    2. Mexican desert state; Hermosillo is its capital
    3. Hang around, remain, loiter
    4. Long, often hooded capes
    5. Wit, sarcasm and mockery in literature form
    6. .... tiger; endangered Indian big cat species
    7. Stand-in doctors at a GP's practice
    8. Cattle wrangler
    9. .... Watts, bandleader on The Late Late Show
    10. Jedi master played by Ewan McGregor, Obi Wan ....
    11. A boneless cut of meat or fish
    12. Double-dot accent mark in Zürich and Düsseldorf
    13. Maltese ....; black statuette in John Huston film
    14. Move computer data online or onto a program
    15. Every cloud is said to have this lining

    Puzzle 4

    1. This New state borders Maine
    2. Baseball position abbreviated to "SS"
    3. US publisher of Vogue and GQ magazines
    4. Tiny coil of wire used to hold documents together
    5. Open to anyone, regardless of race, age, etc
    6. .... Express, stage musical with skating actors
    7. The area of the inner ear, including the cochlea
    8. Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens wrote in this era
    9. Lists of words for children to learn to write
    10. It's used to pierce holes in documents for filing
    11. Smaller piano; Billy Joel release
    12. Bestowed a punishment on a convicted criminal
    13. Russian filmmaker Andrei, who directed Mirror

    Puzzle 5

    1. Sly glances through the tightening of eyelids
    2. The region where the skull bones meet
    3. Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel about a young seaman
    4. Dwight, the A-Team's "Howling Mad" Murdock
    5. Decision in a court case
    6. Easter Island indigenous name
    7. Heaven is a Place on Earth singer Carlisle
    8. .... week, stylish event for designers and models
    9. Wall-hung, mass-produced repros of works of art
    10. Computers that can be carried around
    11. What Weebles did without falling down
    12. If you cut these, you're doing something poorly
    13. Without any help or assistance
    14. Word following due, Bessemer, and xiphoid
    15. Marine mammal also called a sea cow
    16. Mae, first African American woman in space
    17. Curved cross that is a national symbol of Georgia
    18. Cultivated species of coffee plant
    19. The .... Haybaler, red no. 4 Wacky Races car
    20. Hollywood actress Zoe, who starred in Avatar

    Group 998


    Puzzle 1

    1. Entertainment; happy, pleasant activity
    2. Actor Viggo, Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings
    3. Red berry that makes a sauce served with turkey
    4. An illegal bar during the Prohibition
    5. Pool-like game played on a table without pockets
    6. Public facade of a store
    7. Type of lizard that can change appearance
    8. Relating to health care of elderly patients
    9. English painter of 1828's The Vale of Dedham
    10. Number of black keys on a standard piano
    11. Small, diminutive
    12. .... Pictures, US film company with mountain logo
    13. Never worn items for sale in a sad six-word story

    Puzzle 2

    1. The best policy, according to a saying
    2. Detective written by Georges Simenon
    3. At the farthest limit
    4. Healthy way of living or eating
    5. Actress known for When Harry Met Sally
    6. Indian fabric pattern of curved, abstract figures
    7. Make better or get better
    8. Dark patch on the solar surface
    9. Lead guitarist for U2
    10. Four-leaf plants said to bring good luck
    11. French chain of worldwide "Luxury Hotels"
    12. Spirit of ...., bonnet ornament on Rolls-Royce cars
    13. Chat application with individual group servers
    14. UK Prime Minister, 1908-1916
    15. Tiny nation sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine
    16. Vivid Victorian houses in San Francisco, .... ladies
    17. Feeling of regret for bad actions
    18. Flaky round bread, friends with gravy

    Puzzle 3

    1. Allied code name for the D-Day landings operation
    2. The Final ....; subtitle of Star Trek V
    3. Bugle call played to wake up soldiers
    4. Where Pinky & The Brain live
    5. Where to take a cuppa at a tourist attraction
    6. A tube with circular ends; a round column or pipe
    7. Language of the foreign film After the Storm
    8. Criminal who deliberately sets something on fire
    9. American holiday one shouldn't wear white after
    10. The world's largest rodent
    11. He sang Mr. Tambourine Man and Tangled Up in Blue
    12. Pirate Blackbeard buried this
    13. Red, green or jalapeño pepper
    14. Small cushion at the top of a car driver's seat
    15. Relating to arteries, veins and capillaries
    16. Indoor space for selling motor vehicles
    17. French-American writer who coined term surfiction
    18. Participant or team that finishes in second place

    Puzzle 4

    1. Painting on two hinged panels
    2. The swinging part of a bell's mechanism
    3. This fruit is the key to guacamole
    4. James, who directed The Abyss and Aliens
    5. Snake
    6. Baseball player behind home plate
    7. Powerful confederacy in India in 18th century
    8. Place to evade capture
    9. The C in COPD
    10. Bother, perturb
    11. There's a glass one outside the Louvre gallery
    12. Dance move from Village People song
    13. Person who oversees an area called a bailiwick

    Puzzle 5

    1. Kris, mother of Kim, Khloé, Kylie and Kendall
    2. Treatment of heated fat to apply to hair
    3. Moviemaker order that follows "Lights, camera"
    4. Carpets made by inserting pile into the backing
    5. Latin female name for a tenth-born child
    6. Twain who thinks You're Still the One
    7. Mademoiselle Paradis actor, Maria-Victoria
    8. Lego Batman 3: .... Gotham, released in November 2014
    9. Company shares traded on the markets
    10. A poem or song of mourning
    11. Men's facial hair, sometimes styled into goatees
    12. Nation where you can visit a ski-through McDonalds
    13. January birthstone
    14. Abnormal inability to make decisions
    15. Like a plant in a ceramic container
    16. John who plays a puppeteer in Being John Malkovich
    17. Lances; long pointed weapons
    18. A young swan

    Group 999


    Puzzle 1

    1. British general who surrendered at Saratoga
    2. Shard of wood that gets lodged under the skin
    3. These Meadows are home to the tennis US Open
    4. Lou, partnered Bud Abbott in Hollywood comedies
    5. Tall glasses for wine, champagne or brandy
    6. Creatures in the Moomin books, one a philatelist
    7. Type of current providing energy
    8. Dough ball served in soup or stew
    9. Lovelorn lead of the movie You've Got Mail
    10. Animated mice who once went "Down Under"
    11. Female pilot or flyer
    12. RuPaul's TV show or an illegal car challenge
    13. Irish-born playwright of School for Scandal
    14. Stealing or robbing
    15. Successor to Nintendo 64
    16. Young girls in Ireland, a generic term
    17. Amount of salt in a body of water
    18. Direct someone to do something
    19. AC/DC world tour or adverse driving conditions
    20. State animal of New South Wales
    21. Footwear that has sparked a subculture

    Puzzle 2

    1. Fantasy kingdom setting of C. S. Lewis' Chronicles
    2. Scary slang for spies
    3. The thicker bone in the human forearm
    4. Leg of ...., dress sleeve from the Edwardian era
    5. Large Asian domestic cattle also called mithuns
    6. Rapper of the 2014 song Glory
    7. The decreasing in size of the visible moon
    8. Charlie, played Jax in Sons of Anarchy
    9. Sweet, saccharine
    10. Georgia O'Keeffe painted one To the Moon in 1958
    11. US architectural style centred on New Mexico
    12. Gary, played Churchill in Darkest Hour
    13. Rejected, refused
    14. Stacked one on top of the other; layered
    15. Acer deciduous trees with sugar and red species
    16. Yellow sticky notes brand
    17. Swiss motorsport company founded in 1970
    18. Gentle, cat-headed goddess in Ancient Egypt

    Puzzle 3

    1. Old-timey ladies used this to shade from the sun
    2. Relating to computer technology
    3. 2015 entry in the Terminator franchise
    4. Renaissance paints with egg yolk for durability
    5. Army conscript
    6. Ultra-rare element 45 on the periodic table
    7. River that runs through Washington DC
    8. African chimps, closely related to humans
    9. .... rivalry; in-family competitiveness
    10. Finnish father and son F1 drivers Nico and Keke
    11. Pikachu, Snorlax or Squirtle, for example
    12. Permit required to drive or hunt
    13. Acrophobia is the extreme fear of this
    14. Garden lattice structure to create shade
    15. Poe's raven came ".... at my chamber door"
    16. Forename of NHS-introducing politician Bevan
    17. Ancient capital of Assyria, now in modern-day Iraq
    18. The Cybertronian leader of the Autobots

    Puzzle 4

    1. Outlet down which bath water is drained
    2. Cannes, Venice and Berlin are the .... festivals
    3. 2009 drama directed by Lee Daniels
    4. Molière play with the alternate title The Impostor
    5. Alexander Calder's bright red steel bird sculpture
    6. Serpent-like creature in British heraldry
    7. Paying duties on income to the government
    8. Canine pal of Goscinny's Obelix
    9. Manufacturer of the C5 and ZX Spectrum
    10. Hard-to-break volcanic glass
    11. Holiday when a Haggadah is read
    12. Enormous rainforest tree, known for its red timber
    13. Andrew, former member of the singing duo Wham!
    14. Monetary grading designation of Scottish ales
    15. Skin inflammation caused by harsh air and gales
    16. Teach a dog to obey these: sit, stay
    17. Buzz Lightyear goes to here and beyond
    18. Substance manufactured in a laboratory
    19. Myanmar's second-largest city and economic hub
    20. Public mention, song request played on air
    21. A strong dislike or repugnance towards something
    22. Medieval feasts fit for kings
    23. Fashion overalls based on parachute uniform

    Puzzle 5

    1. Living organism that feeds on wood
    2. Bananas chiefly used for cooking
    3. Gene Kelly needs an umbrella when he's Singin' ....
    4. Tip of a toe or finger
    5. It's said to be the world's oldest republic
    6. Stretchy spandex whole-body costume
    7. Irish city known for its glassware
    8. Golden-maned horse in Norse mythology
    9. Car that can be driven with the roof down
    10. Toady, minion, bootlicker
    11. Oral medicine
    12. Queen who succeeded Mary I in 1558
    13. A male go-between, an intermediary

    Group 1000


    Puzzle 1

    1. The founders of YouTube used to work here
    2. First name of Cameroon football star Eto'o
    3. Movie about a real person's life
    4. .... House, publishers who own Penguin and Doubleday
    5. Spice Girls hit 2 .... 1
    6. Watched, saw on TV
    7. Laundry partners of washers
    8. Last name of Bob, former The Price Is Right host
    9. Small sliced bread roll containing a hamburger
    10. Small, dull brown wading bird
    11. A compound with a PH level lower than 7 is this
    12. Creature representing luck in Chinese culture
    13. Capable of succeeding or working
    14. Large-bladed tool for cutting crops or grass
    15. Knitted or netted device to confine long hair

    Puzzle 2

    1. Strips off, disrobes
    2. Professor and writer of Bad Feminist and Hunger
    3. Bruce Springsteen freed this album in 1975
    4. Huge freezer where carcasses hang
    5. Able to be contacted, within range
    6. Plant that thrives in a saline environment
    7. Gives orders to show someone how to do something
    8. Not A, E, I, O or U
    9. Sulkiness, touchiness
    10. Major Second World War battle fought in Egypt
    11. Water aerobics with Latin dance moves and music
    12. Knowledge gained directly or personally

    Puzzle 3

    1. With renown, in a well-known way
    2. Their zoological name is vibrissae
    3. Designated ...., Kiefer Sutherland drama series
    4. Keenly promoting or advertising a single
    5. Tontons ...., Haitian secret police of Duvalier Snr
    6. Ex-student, throwing their cap in the air
    7. French term for the grape harvest
    8. .... & Evelyn, fragrance and personal care brand
    9. Swedish botanist who classified plants
    10. Internal, not international travel
    11. Film genre; Michael Jackson song
    12. Tall stick for hanging head coverings
    13. Gavin, former husband of Gwen Stefani
    14. Kurt, author of Slaughterhouse-Five
    15. Scottish mashed turnip, onions, potatoes dish
    16. World championship of sled dog racing
    17. Unit of digital memory abbreviated to TB
    18. At the socialist end of the political spectrum
    19. Traditional singing-speech heard in monasteries
    20. Stray from a designated skiing area, go ....
    21. Ocean on which Uruguay has its coastline
    22. Greek muse of epic poetry

    Puzzle 4

    1. Cord worn around the neck for an ID card
    2. Winter neck accessories
    3. Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
    4. Capitalist raccoon in Animal Crossing video games
    5. New wave band known for Black Coffee in Bed
    6. The amount of money paid for an insurance policy
    7. Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison
    8. Hug
    9. Adding a shiny coating to a cake
    10. Mucky mess left in fields by bovines
    11. Dark comedy starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge
    12. Long wooden seats often seen in parks
    13. Movie filmed in a single, continuous take
    14. Japanese-style abacus with rods and beads
    15. Parachutes for spacecraft or aircraft

    Puzzle 5

    1. Video Killed the ...., 1979 hit for the Buggles
    2. Wandering minstrel in Robin Hood legend
    3. Fictional high school junior turned CIA agent
    4. Nest box for avian animals
    5. Work out the exact answer to a sum
    6. Home to cartoon boys Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny
    7. Long black coffee, called allongé in French
    8. Bank account buffer for balances below zero
    9. Something that motivates a person to do something
    10. Size, especially when talking about earthquakes
    11. Da Vinci's mechanical knight was an example