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    Group 481


    Puzzle 1

    1. Newborns; infants
    2. Thrifty, sparing with money
    3. Graphite writing utensil
    4. Groups of bees
    5. The capital of England and the UK
    6. Firmly fixed; supported
    7. Also known as Siddhārtha Gautama
    8. The youngest child in The Simpsons
    9. Top model married to John Legend: Chrissy ...
    10. To move unsteadily; wobble
    11. A structure over a river that you cross
    12. The season in which flowers bloom

    Puzzle 2

    1. Suffering, anguish
    2. A difficult situation; predicament
    3. Budapest is this country's capital
    4. Friendly sea mammal, can be a bottlenose
    5. Placed in the ground to grow
    6. Looking intently at something for a long time
    7. To change to a new religion; to change currencies
    8. Abundant in quantity
    9. When full daylight arrives
    10. Song by the band U2: Where the ... Have No Name
    11. A ruling family in a monarchy

    Puzzle 3

    1. TV show starring Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha
    2. Becomes more illuminated
    3. What seeing is
    4. Designed for cyclists to grip while riding
    5. Swimming groups of large aquatic mammals
    6. Exhibits, demonstrates
    7. To rise from the dead
    8. Cruel, uncivilized act, often in warfare
    9. Winning move at the end of a game of chess
    10. Live action 3D films using models or drawings
    11. Roman amphitheater for gladiator contests
    12. Palace meeting place of VIPs
    13. The person to whom one is engaged
    14. Honesty, dignity
    15. Thin breaded pan-fried veal cutlet: wiener ...
    16. Canadian actor and comedian of Austin Powers hits
    17. Technical term for bad breath
    18. Motion used on Tinder to pass on someone
    19. Women's shoe with a strap around the heel or ankle
    20. It's rolled out for dignitaries and movie stars
    21. Halloween figures made of bone

    Puzzle 4

    1. White House drama with Martin Sheen as POTUS
    2. ... Springs, the locale of the movie Cars
    3. Talk amongst yourselves
    4. Cooking liquid fat from small green fruits
    5. Nemesis of Captain Hook, best friend of Tinkerbell
    6. Percussionism, hitting a beat
    7. Mentally withdraw
    8. Curved entrances
    9. Country with world's largest religious monument
    10. In progress, happening right now
    11. Time of the day when traffic is really bad
    12. Not sinking
    13. Rubber-bladed scraper for cleaning windows
    14. Buy
    15. Supersonic jet that was retired in 2003
    16. Deliriously happy

    Puzzle 5

    1. Marvelous
    2. A soothing candy for someone with a cold
    3. Elvis Presley ...; street address of Graceland
    4. Adored and kept safe
    5. Tall yellow garden bloom, with edible seeds
    6. Buzz, from Toy Story
    7. Fabric-and-post construction for breezy beaches
    8. Someone who leads a body of military troops
    9. Loans taken out to buy properties
    10. He or she checks homes to ensure all is up to code
    11. Stretchy trousers used for exercise or meditation

    Group 482


    Puzzle 1

    1. Tolerance; fortitude
    2. Deep cracks in a glacier
    3. Metal rolling links on a bicycle
    4. ...: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
    5. Exactly
    6. Answered, replied
    7. Singer of Benny and the Jets
    8. Quality of being ridiculous or very unreasonable
    9. An exploding star
    10. Italian Riviera town and 2017 Ferrari sports car
    11. Something repeated so often that it's tiresome
    12. Mars' colourful nickname
    13. Name given to a mammal with a pouch
    14. Heated box to keep fertilized chicken eggs warm
    15. Trial period to assess fitness or readiness
    16. Sugary garnish for cakes, cupcakes or ice-cream

    Puzzle 2

    1. Andrew ..., first US president to be impeached
    2. Gave away, especially to charity
    3. Roof in a room
    4. Coin-operated record-playing machine
    5. ... Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson
    6. Where honey is made
    7. A person who is proficient in sports
    8. Contest focusing on beauty
    9. ... station; roadside fuel vendor
    10. Displaying
    11. Quick Asian dish cooked in a wok with noodles/rice

    Puzzle 3

    1. Type of humor involving intense physical activity
    2. Soaking up water
    3. Equine load-carrier
    4. Taylor Swift's tale speaks of Romeo and Juliet
    5. Fields where winemakers grow grapes
    6. Fan of a sports club
    7. Looking for something, perhaps on Google
    8. Get back on good terms, wave a white flag
    9. Not explored
    10. Administering a liquid with a needle
    11. Document giving permission to go into a country

    Puzzle 4

    1. There's no crying in this sport (movie reference)
    2. The impetus gained by a moving object
    3. Making noises like a chicken
    4. Nationality of Olympic champion Usain Bolt
    5. Overjoyed, triumphant
    6. Called the same number again
    7. Found on top of spaghetti, inside sub sandwiches
    8. A wrong name or designation
    9. Part of the road for the quickest-moving vehicles
    10. Writing online about different things for fun
    11. Purple gemstone, helps keeps people calm

    Puzzle 5

    1. Makes a house neat and hygienic
    2. Accused someone for an act of wrongdoing
    3. Last name of the artist who sings Thank U, Next
    4. ... Bates; motel manager in 1960 film Psycho
    5. ... match, competition between adversaries
    6. ... Call Saul, TV spinoff of Breaking Bad
    7. French brandy town
    8. Go back to a previous state
    9. Young whales
    10. World's 2nd largest automobile maker (as of 2017)
    11. A perfectly round shape
    12. Cornstarch and cold water sauce thickener

    Group 483


    Puzzle 1

    1. Holes or infections in teeth
    2. They play four-stringed guitars with low notes
    3. Ocean in which the Titanic sank
    4. French leader defeated in the Battle of Waterloo
    5. River Danube runs through this Hungarian city
    6. To boost the battery of a device by plugging it in
    7. Someone who travels some distance daily for work
    8. First African American MLB player, Jackie ...
    9. Movie starring Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan
    10. Spanish word for coriander leaves
    11. Queen Elizabeth's residence in Scotland
    12. Someone who obtains their goals
    13. Shakespeare's monarch with three daughters
    14. Water catcher for feathered friends to wash in
    15. Pad of paper used to write information down
    16. Insulin and estrogen are these
    17. Grasps tightly
    18. One-piece garment originally for parachuters
    19. Half man, half bull, son of the King of Crete

    Puzzle 2

    1. Producing a loud, wailing sound like a wolf
    2. Planet with four Galilean moons
    3. "... through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh"
    4. Adding a tracking device to something or someone
    5. Term that describes the year a wine was produced
    6. Lifting up
    7. Exhaustion
    8. Transformers ambulance and medic to the Autobots
    9. Having less height
    10. Repairing; patching
    11. Predominant language spoken in New Zealand

    Puzzle 3

    1. Woman's shoe with a thin, high tapered heel
    2. Ancient stone pillars, often with inscriptions
    3. Ave Maria
    4. A monetary piece of unexpected good fortune
    5. The back limbs of an animal
    6. Assesses the size of something with a tape
    7. Country that Panama separated from in 1903
    8. Winter sport combining skiing and shooting
    9. Substitute visual organ, like a marble
    10. Capital of Finland
    11. Ugly ..., animal tale by Hans Christian Andersen
    12. Italian wooer of ladies, gambler, spy, librarian
    13. Shaky on one's feet
    14. Bottom edges of dresses, skirts and coats
    15. Space for professional dancing
    16. Critical observation or examination
    17. Spray-painted wall scrawls
    18. Change from one flight to another
    19. Searching for food in the wild
    20. Jewish festival also called the Festival of Lights

    Puzzle 4

    1. Eaten before the main course
    2. Heavenly; describing the stars or the cosmos
    3. Taking something after asking for permission
    4. Person who directs the route or course of a ship
    5. Festival of handmade or homemade articles
    6. Long-snouted, sticky-tongued mammals
    7. Chamber for royal banquets or functions
    8. John ...,The Grapes of Wrath author
    9. Occupation of someone who builds wooden tables
    10. Made larger
    11. You can't teach an old dog these
    12. ... Downs, US venue of the Kentucky Derby
    13. A detailed plan of the activities on a trip

    Puzzle 5

    1. Bad-tempered, crabby, eccentric
    2. Former member of the Eurythmics, Annie ...
    3. Order issued by a legal authority
    4. Shaking ..., as in SMH
    5. With increased volume
    6. The Northern lights are also called ... borealis
    7. Latin term meaning former students of a school
    8. Ultra-thin French pancakes
    9. Funny TV show based on everyday events
    10. Tiny stones on a driveway
    11. Temporary actors hired to be part of a crowd

    Group 484


    Puzzle 1

    1. Book by Shirley Jackson: The ... of Hill House
    2. Insincere praise
    3. Major route or road system
    4. Those who shout at comedians
    5. ... Enterprise, Star Trek vessel
    6. Large, flat Italian bread drizzled with oil
    7. Rhythmic musicians in The Twelve Days of Christmas
    8. Charming, entertaining
    9. Vertically spurting water feature
    10. Religious ritual to drive out evil spirits
    11. To sit with one leg on either side of a horse
    12. Era of the Flintstones
    13. Describes animals living in trees
    14. Breathing out

    Puzzle 2

    1. Tapping a pitched ball without swinging
    2. Greek bar
    3. Song by the Beatles: With a Little Help From My ...
    4. Hell hath no fury like a woman ...
    5. London area for a film with Hugh Grant: ... Hill
    6. Expression of adoration for a deity
    7. Maya ....., US poet who wrote "Still I Rise"
    8. More tender and careful
    9. The state of being useful or beneficial
    10. Deep crevices or gorges
    11. Body part into which teeth are embedded
    12. To make a thing last longer
    13. Giving a verdict on a legal issue

    Puzzle 3

    1. Bony recess in the skull, contains visual organ
    2. The P in fuels company BP
    3. Large religious building, a home to monks
    4. Sword ..., dangerous circus act
    5. Making happen faster
    6. Garden machine for cutting grass
    7. Generic object used to hold something
    8. Largest animal known to have ever existed
    9. ... Line, British shipping company of the Titanic
    10. Prolonged periods of extremely warm temperatures
    11. Utterly bewildered and perplexed

    Puzzle 4

    1. Writer about Languedoc in the novel Labyrinth
    2. Much loved children's cuddly toy
    3. First Duke of Wellington: Arthur ...
    4. Frenzied Norse warrior
    5. Traditional pose for a wedding proposal; down ...
    6. Insects like bluebottles that lay larvae on meat
    7. Art deco construction on SF's Telegraph Hill
    8. ... Gerard, racehorse and Conan Doyle character
    9. Receptive to stimulation
    10. Art institute and galleries founded by Samuel ...
    11. First Astronomer Royal; produced a star catalogue
    12. Reddish translucent gemstone and colour
    13. Can't Fight The ...; hit for LeAnn Rimes in 2000
    14. Ornate badges attached to beer dispensers in pubs
    15. Film series with three instalments
    16. Greetings from a trip sent without an envelope
    17. Tough measures introduced to stop crime

    Puzzle 5

    1. Savoury filled Indian pastry snack
    2. Fan the ..., means to make a bad situation worse
    3. The name that Everest was known by until 1865
    4. This was Derek and Mavis's surname in Corrie
    5. Kim ..., a Cambridge Spy who defected in 1963
    6. Colin ..., ex-US Secretary of State and general
    7. Relating to physical need, sensual, fleshy
    8. Evil spirits that are driven out at Shrovetide
    9. Unedited film prints viewed by a director
    10. Fender in the US, ... in the UK
    11. A single ticket, not a return
    12. ... of Khartoum, military leader with heroic death
    13. Not outside of the house

    Group 485


    Puzzle 1

    1. Planned direction or route to travel
    2. To inhabit or to fill
    3. Material on a stick used in rhythmic gymnastics
    4. Site of ancient Peruvian ruins: Machu ...
    5. Changes to suit the environment
    6. A disrespectful remark
    7. Round tree fruits, maybe eaten by Adam and Eve
    8. Rob ..., lead singer of Matchbox Twenty
    9. Premier canine
    10. Compliment someone; anagram of Persia

    Puzzle 2

    1. Right to vote; women sought it in the early 20th C
    2. Prediction of upcoming weather conditions
    3. Downhill venue for winter sports
    4. The capital city of Liberia
    5. Sparring and scratching between felines
    6. Annoyance, distraction, irritant
    7. Lines used to scan food items to check prices
    8. City whose Italian name is Firenze
    9. Right to vote; sought by women in the 20th century
    10. With a corresponding pattern or design
    11. Kitchen implements, e.g. spatulas, serving spoons
    12. The M in GMO, used in food production
    13. French word for an exclusive shop

    Puzzle 3

    1. A reference book that lists synonyms
    2. Character searching for brains in The Wizard of Oz
    3. One of Cinderella's evil stepsisters
    4. A square peg will never fit in this
    5. Kissing, or slow dancing in a clinch
    6. Amusement park merry-go-rounds
    7. City regarded as the financial capital of Germany
    8. Device to shave away a pencil's worn surface
    9. ABBA's Dancing Queen was only this age
    10. Strengthened to protect against attack
    11. Not the same
    12. Ecuadorian islands with numerous unique species

    Puzzle 4

    1. ... pin, flattening tool used in baking
    2. In ...; within hearing distance
    3. "April ... bring May flowers"
    4. Protective glasses used for swimming
    5. Hopelessly ... To You, Newton-John hit from Grease
    6. Warrior, combatant
    7. Hide something from view
    8. Glittery
    9. Note of three words promising to pay a debt
    10. This symbol, in a word: #
    11. Amount of food per person
    12. Doorways on a ship to gain access to a lower deck
    13. Two lines of verse in a poem
    14. Travel to discover new lands and cultures

    Puzzle 5

    1. Declaration by a court that a marriage is invalid
    2. Hair grown either side of the face, like Elvis
    3. ... rhythm, another name for the body clock
    4. Good wishes delivered to an actor pre-performance
    5. The act of being raised in position or rank
    6. Spying someone quickly before they go from view
    7. Time when all the troubles seemed so far away
    8. Electronic device for broadcasting films on discs
    9. Isolate or hide away
    10. Sequences of symbols to secure access to an account
    11. Emergency medical technician
    12. Permanent ink that cannot be erased
    13. Small containers for encapsulated drugs
    14. India's film industry

    Group 486


    Puzzle 1

    1. Gym machine used to walk or run on
    2. Cord connecting an unborn baby to the placenta
    3. Puff Daddy's legal name
    4. Morning meal
    5. Crab servant of King Triton in The Little Mermaid
    6. Small device for timing sporting activities
    7. Not supported by evidence
    8. Getting rid of something
    9. Sea vessel powered by coal and water
    10. Sensationalized and emotional film story
    11. Viral children's song about a fish family
    12. Those with endless lives
    13. Lack of proportion between two sides, parts
    14. A triangle with two equal sides
    15. Hogwarts house represented by a snake
    16. Austrian crystals company with swan logo

    Puzzle 2

    1. Character played by Jennifer Aniston on Friends
    2. Turks and ..., British dependency in the Caribbean
    3. Harry Potter's giant friend
    4. Someone who has no courage
    5. Household cleaning chemical that removes stains
    6. Large marine mammal with long tusks
    7. Old ... die hard
    8. Barely, scarcely
    9. Having or showing intelligence
    10. Stripe-tailed mammals native to Madagascar

    Puzzle 3

    1. Make an offense seem less serious
    2. Wording laid across the foot of a foreign film
    3. Heavy metal band with drummer Lars Ulrich
    4. Payment demand for H2O usage
    5. Winter blizzard
    6. Honestly, sincerely
    7. Bestowing the title of "Sir" on someone
    8. Covered a surface with spray
    9. Swimming pool game named after a famous explorer
    10. Flight routes that cover the least distance
    11. Paid to authors for sales of their work
    12. Person who designs buildings and houses

    Puzzle 4

    1. Perfect place to take a break during a journey
    2. Where Santa writes well-behaved children's names
    3. Type of camel with two humps
    4. Tricked, lied to
    5. Luna ..., blonde eccentric witch from Harry Potter
    6. Handy device for storing bottles of vino
    7. Somebody assigned to carry out the terms of a will
    8. Annoy, pester
    9. Large orange gourds carved for Halloween
    10. The likelihood of some future event occurring

    Puzzle 5

    1. Combined; mixed
    2. Storm ...; people who follow severe weather
    3. Paper receipts that permit entrance to a venue
    4. Untidy collection of objects
    5. Debra ..., she plays Grace in Will & Grace
    6. Medication required by diabetics
    7. Birthstone for May
    8. Tearing, pulling apart
    9. Large bird that runs very fast but can't fly
    10. Series of Japanese animated films with Pikachu

    Group 487


    Puzzle 1

    1. Not give in to temptation
    2. Sixth planet from the sun
    3. It is used to drive nails into a wall
    4. Another name for the Fall season
    5. To give someone a permanent teaching post
    6. To understand something complex after much thought
    7. Cyndi ..., US pop star who wrote Kinky Boots
    8. Spin the ..., young adults' kissing party game
    9. Thin, crispy layers inside a Kit Kat
    10. Gender ...; party to announce an unborn baby's sex
    11. These gems are found in oysters
    12. Entertainer in a medieval court
    13. Famous Julius for whom the month of July is named
    14. Bad-tempered, like the internet cat
    15. The back of an animal's neck
    16. ... stick; a USB by another name

    Puzzle 2

    1. Give someone inaccurate details or facts
    2. Big tourist wheel in the UK's capital
    3. Elizabeth Taylor played this Egyptian queen
    4. Illuminated nocturnal insects
    5. Verbal sparring before a grudge boxing match
    6. Opera by Verdi that features La donna è mobile
    7. Inclined to conceal feelings
    8. Downhill surfaces for winter sports enthusiasts
    9. Mountainous location of the Reichenbach Falls
    10. Novel text read aloud, delivered in a recording

    Puzzle 3

    1. Attraction associated with a circus or carnival
    2. A small, supposedly harmless, untruth
    3. Mozart's first knowing name
    4. Extends, makes wider
    5. Laid back in a seat
    6. Cold, sweet, dairy treat; comes in a cup or cone
    7. Trees such as the pine that hold seeds in cones
    8. ... pony, small equine from the Scottish isles
    9. In London this is famously red, for making calls
    10. Alteration; correction

    Puzzle 4

    1. Firm conviction that something is the case
    2. Strong winds over a desert
    3. PTSD: Post ... Stress Disorder
    4. Type of dog training with commands
    5. The change of a species over generations
    6. Protein spheres often served with spaghetti
    7. German model who was married to the singer Seal
    8. Quick, secret preview
    9. Sudden, plunging river like at Iguazú or Niagara
    10. Seat provided in an open, public green space
    11. Muscular actor in The Fast and the Furious films
    12. Sport in which players shoot capsules of pigment
    13. Conflict involving Greeks, a woman and a horse
    14. You can't use others' original work due to this

    Puzzle 5

    1. City in Italy with same spelling as a deli meat
    2. Spending time with; becoming closer to someone
    3. Genre of film or book that is about a love story
    4. Large paper prints that hang on walls
    5. Liquid for cleaning your hair in the shower
    6. Bright tropical birds, including macaws
    7. More eco-friendly
    8. ... call, performers return to receive applause
    9. "All Men are ... Equal": phrase by Thomas Jefferson
    10. Paul, John, Ringo, and George
    11. Feeling, picking up on
    12. Government document allowing one to drive

    Group 488


    Puzzle 1

    1. The birthstone for September
    2. Distresses or upsets
    3. A minor argument or quarrel
    4. Rapid succession of beats used to introduce events
    5. Expensive duck or goose liver pâté
    6. Studs, hoops or drops, worn in the lobes
    7. ... for, unnecessary, not needed
    8. Continuous body making up most of a country
    9. Introductory part of a questionnaire
    10. These burial structures were built by Egyptians
    11. Where people go for emergency surgery
    12. First letters of a first and last name
    13. A spider or a scorpion
    14. Framework of all of the bones inside your body
    15. The process of bringing something into existence
    16. Upholstered seat with limb support
    17. Bruising and swelling over an optical organ
    18. The ..., novel by Nicholas Sparks turned movie

    Puzzle 2

    1. Delicate liquid from flower petals used in cooking
    2. Buzz ...: Woody's astronaut pal
    3. Wall-mounted support bars next to stairs
    4. Lacking a backbone
    5. Male guardian appointed at a baptism
    6. Writer with regular newspaper space
    7. Puerto Rican Despacito singer
    8. Plentiful, generous, abundant
    9. They go up when rain falls
    10. Luke ...: main protagonist of Star Wars trilogy
    11. Item that completes an outfit: scarf, bag, or ring
    12. Italian responsible for a mathematical sequence
    13. Widespread, pervasive
    14. Spending excessive amounts of time and energy on

    Puzzle 3

    1. Asian country whose capital is Hanoi
    2. Desiring something
    3. Material fashion bands worn close on the neck
    4. State of being physically healthy
    5. Touching lips as a sign of love or affection
    6. Strike these to start fires
    7. Pizza and pasta are this type of cuisine
    8. Trip or lose one's balance for a moment
    9. The state of the atmosphere at a given time
    10. Madonna's first child, with Carlos Leon
    11. Mythical beasts that breathe fire
    12. Etch ...; art toy with a screen and a red frame

    Puzzle 4

    1. ... and bustle, lively activity
    2. Person who grows crops to sell
    3. Smart; quick to understand
    4. Thefts, robberies, hold-ups
    5. Harry Potter's owl
    6. Metal with chemical symbol Ag
    7. They tell time
    8. The fastest of Santa's reindeer
    9. Mythological woodland spirits
    10. A king's son
    11. Daredevil tricks
    12. Ocean between Africa and Australia
    13. The dark knight
    14. Building or space where people work
    15. Pungent bulbs, widely used in cooking
    16. Richard Branson's early record label

    Puzzle 5

    1. The reason for which something is done
    2. When the ocean recedes
    3. Rapidly
    4. Car safety seat for younger passengers
    5. Frenetic area near the stage at a rock concert
    6. Make a drink from solid items
    7. Corkscrew shapes
    8. Merry Christmas in Spanish: Feliz ...
    9. Play where the character Banquo appears as a ghost
    10. Gland that is overactive in Graves' disease
    11. Flower-selling professional
    12. One-eyed mythical monster

    Group 489


    Puzzle 1

    1. Short amusing story about someone
    2. Person who prefers to be awake when it's dark out
    3. Chemical element with the atomic number 1
    4. Person who deceives another for financial gain
    5. Tusked mammals; same species as Pumbaa
    6. Protective cover worn where the arm bends
    7. Russian grain vodka brand
    8. Marriage celebrations
    9. Metal kitchen equipment for cooling cakes on
    10. At the wrong moment
    11. Inability to sleep at night
    12. Facial characteristics
    13. Blue fish and Ariel's friend in The Little Mermaid
    14. Harsh winter storm
    15. Creator of Garfield, the orange cat
    16. Diplomatic ... means freedom from punishment

    Puzzle 2

    1. They seek ducks and deer for food
    2. Knotted, interwoven
    3. Thread-spinning rod on a spinning wheel
    4. Where the Flintstones live and work
    5. Stars and ..., the US flag
    6. Spanish word for "school"
    7. Slicing the meat of a roast turkey
    8. Small bags sewn into clothes to hold keys or money
    9. Lisa Marie ...; first wife of Michael Jackson
    10. Two lanes of traffic combining
    11. Bird ...; hanging containers for seed and nuts

    Puzzle 3

    1. Unknown person
    2. Spanish word for "Germany"
    3. Beating or stirring cream or eggs
    4. Lidded pan for cooking soups and broths
    5. State of being alone
    6. Cats cough them up
    7. Words used to express good wishes on parting
    8. Scottish lake with mysterious resident
    9. Abroad; a foreign country
    10. Musical instrument often linked to Scotland

    Puzzle 4

    1. Pop Goes the ..., folk song and music hall tune
    2. June Osborne is also known by this handmaid's name
    3. The leg bone parallel to the tibia
    4. ... dragon; giant Indonesian monitor lizard
    5. Mint sweets that make cola volcanoes
    6. A line with abrupt alternate right and left turns
    7. Character looking for a heart in The Wizard of Oz
    8. Last day of the work week for many
    9. Kiss and ...; resolve a quarrel
    10. Nail ...; strong-smelling varnish for fingernails
    11. Cutting the grass
    12. Usual hue of a plane's black box

    Puzzle 5

    1. People who shriek and yell
    2. Make your money back on a business venture
    3. Basketball timer to quicken pace of game
    4. Potter's wizarding bank
    5. Twins that look exactly the same
    6. Romantic evening out for a couple
    7. Lack of seriousness
    8. Come hell or ...; no matter what difficulties occur
    9. Furnished, room-only holiday accommodation
    10. Perfumed aerosol product for the physique
    11. Protective metal covering worn by medieval knights
    12. An equine that roams freely
    13. Congenital irregularity on the skin
    14. Male who works in law enforcement
    15. Songwriter and pianist of Rocket Man
    16. A small bright spot on an object or painting

    Group 490


    Puzzle 1

    1. Disposable drinking container
    2. Valuable object passed down through generations
    3. Flexible flat kitchen utensils for turning food
    4. Panic, lose control
    5. Fluttering or floating in one place
    6. ... rate; how much foreign currency is worth
    7. Removable false teeth
    8. They often accompany toasts at a wedding
    9. Brothers and sisters
    10. Damming or clogging a leak
    11. Backed down
    12. Throwing up and catching multiple balls or clubs

    Puzzle 2

    1. Curative; healing
    2. Expert with local knowledge to show you around
    3. Former racial segregation practice in South Africa
    4. Protection against loss or damage
    5. To get off a plane or a ship
    6. The final moments before a significant event
    7. A vegetable with an edible heart
    8. Fidelio was his only opera
    9. Zodiac sign that looks like a horned goat
    10. Teachers, professors or lecturers
    11. It breaks a sky diver's fall
    12. Emergency response vehicle
    13. A home when kids, or birds, have grown up and left
    14. To cleanse, sanitize or kill germs

    Puzzle 3

    1. Chipping or peeling, like old paint
    2. Areas of land used for grazing cattle
    3. Creamy Italian rice dish
    4. Novel by García Márquez: Love in the Time of ...
    5. Becoming submerged; going under water
    6. Love and look after
    7. Flushed; sign of inflammation
    8. Smart chip in a phone that stores personal data
    9. In-depth newspaper article on specific topic
    10. Get back or take back

    Puzzle 4

    1. Unending time
    2. Two separate single sleeping berths
    3. Shrinking in fear
    4. To misappropriate funds
    5. Most prevalent religion in India
    6. Operating of an aircraft
    7. Bread with filling, for packed lunches
    8. Millennial word for having to do grownup things
    9. Altered to fit better
    10. Tennis player Andy Murray's nationality

    Puzzle 5

    1. Large paintings applied directly onto walls
    2. Tell on someone to get them in trouble
    3. The largest country in South America
    4. The largest island of Japan
    5. A flight without any stopovers
    6. Shadowy spirits
    7. Purchase of a business, often by its management
    8. Injured
    9. The words or libretto to a song
    10. You can see your reflection in it
    11. Plush floor covering
    12. Roland ...; Parisian Grand Slam tennis venue

    Group 491


    Puzzle 1

    1. Mediterranean fruit extract used in salad dressing
    2. Kuala Lumpur is this country's capital
    3. Fossil fuel outlets in the ground
    4. ... Waltz; fast-paced Austrian ballroom dance
    5. Long narrow sled for coasting downhill
    6. Water-loving pet that swims in a bowl
    7. Holding tightly onto something or someone
    8. Under a ... Sky, U2's 1983 live album
    9. Those involved in construction
    10. Sweet ...; words whispered in a lover's ear
    11. Cleaning with a broom
    12. The tendon connecting the calf to the heel

    Puzzle 2

    1. Made more restrictive
    2. Yellow ... ..., route leads Dorothy to Emerald City
    3. These scenic notes are sent while on vacation
    4. South American country where the Angel Falls are
    5. Used to display clothes in a department store
    6. Essential; required
    7. Archie, Jughead, and their friends' town
    8. Someone forcibly stealing a vehicle from a driver
    9. Vessel for drinking fine vintages from
    10. Ironic; satirical
    11. Leading edge of a balmy air mass
    12. Legal dispute, lawsuit
    13. Self-employed, working on contract
    14. Swear word, offensive language
    15. Large, built, water-storage pool

    Puzzle 3

    1. Infatuation or romance between youngsters
    2. A supreme ruler, especially a monarch
    3. Voice of Manny in Ice Age movies
    4. Stretch ..., male doll with extendable arms
    5. Room panels that give out heat
    6. Island group and nation off Africa's western coast
    7. Not a hardcover book
    8. Device and operator for showing films
    9. Human body's digestive tract
    10. Small affectionate parrots
    11. Fastening up a shirt or coat
    12. Electrical device that makes sounds louder
    13. Had a different opinion, held an opposing view
    14. Professional protector
    15. Instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
    16. Ignites the fuel in a car

    Puzzle 4

    1. Latin phrase meaning daily or each day
    2. Most frigid
    3. Thinking ...; Ed Sheeran hit popular at weddings
    4. ... of hand; dexterity used in trickery
    5. Encipher or encode a message or data
    6. Small pieces of food
    7. ... ankles are the result of water retention
    8. Ankle boot with elasticated sides
    9. Athletic heavy-throwing event
    10. What a brave person has plenty of
    11. Hugh Hefner's magazine

    Puzzle 5

    1. The use of irony to mock political vices
    2. ... book; helps you to learn the local language
    3. Country where baguettes and croissants come from
    4. ... Scissorhands starred Johnny Depp
    5. Further down
    6. The lowest point
    7. Country banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics
    8. Redactor; reviser of text
    9. Newlyweds, the happy ...
    10. Cheese ..., kitchen device for shredding cheddar

    Group 492


    Puzzle 1

    1. Examined, checked
    2. Author whose pen name was Currer Bell: ... Brontë
    3. Filter slowly through a porous surface
    4. Flight attendants
    5. What is said to a loved one before going to bed
    6. Serve as a typical sample
    7. Annoying tunes played on mobile phones
    8. Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism are all these
    9. Chew this and blow bubbles
    10. Removing belongings from a suitcase
    11. Excessive; said of someone who's fallen off a boat

    Puzzle 2

    1. Tightrope
    2. Zebra ..., black-and-white walkway
    3. Wages; named after the Latin for salt
    4. The glitzy first showing of a movie
    5. Scientific study of soils
    6. The ..., London landmark marking the Great Fire
    7. Violently destroying something
    8. Various, a mixture of
    9. Snack made of nuts, raisins, seeds
    10. Resembling a bird texturally
    11. Lose ...; become bored
    12. Small storage cupboards
    13. To step down as a monarch before death
    14. Unsophisticated, not knowledgeable, uneducated

    Puzzle 3

    1. Direct flight
    2. Title given to Spanish princesses
    3. "Run, ..., run": from a famous Tom Hanks film
    4. Type of heated milk added to make a latte
    5. Gentle song sung to a baby in its cradle
    6. Compose a book anew
    7. Final scores
    8. David ......, UK prime minister from 2009 to 2016
    9. Prestigious US university in Massachusetts
    10. Tasteless; bland
    11. Meat in jelly, for a feline to eat
    12. Wasting away of bodily tissue or organs
    13. Repair an object back to its original condition
    14. Cloth containing folds
    15. Consumer unit; hub for household electrics
    16. Least sophisticated, rawest
    17. Globe ...; someone who travels the world
    18. She released a Fenty Beauty makeup line in 2017

    Puzzle 4

    1. The state of wanting to learn about something
    2. An inscription or quote at the beginning of a book
    3. Make a ball turn the opposite way, in tennis
    4. Natural rays during daytime
    5. Pan coating that allows easy removal of leftovers
    6. A sleep-like state involving response to suggestion
    7. The ...; 2017 animation about an infant CEO
    8. Important identity document for overseas travel
    9. In a cruel and violent way
    10. Small paper bits thrown at a newly-married couple
    11. Conjurer, performer of tricks and illusions
    12. Regulator or overseer; canine that guards/protects

    Puzzle 5

    1. Arctic region with permanently frozen subsoil
    2. Causes a high voice when inhaled from a balloon
    3. Small pet canine to sit on knees
    4. Illuminations, on a string in a garden
    5. The ... Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
    6. Short pop-up appearances in films by celebrities
    7. Paris ..., celebrity and hotels heiress
    8. Used carelessly
    9. ... fiddle, means to take a subordinate role
    10. Condiment, often black, accompanies salt
    11. A long trip or journey
    12. Get ready for physical sport
    13. Professional who cuts mens' hair
    14. Blood on the ..., third album by Bob Dylan
    15. Massive North African desert

    Group 493


    Puzzle 1

    1. Shower gel, not for the face or hair
    2. One of a pair of fairway footwear
    3. ... slope, the start of something precipitous
    4. African mammal that's first in the dictionary
    5. Parmigiano-Reggiano by another name
    6. When Cinderella lost her crystal slipper
    7. Container for storing gas
    8. Sound of distant thunder
    9. Hated
    10. ... point, where the mercury hits zero
    11. Radio and television broadcast medium
    12. ... DiCaprio, star of Titanic and The Great Gatsby

    Puzzle 2

    1. Disputed coastal region between Sinai and Israel
    2. Finishes higher education
    3. Behind the baseline
    4. Heating oil shale to extract oil
    5. Viennese colonnaded building at the Schönbrunn
    6. Canvas and wooden framed seat at the seaside
    7. Country of which Nebuchadnezzar was king
    8. Grey-headed migratory winter thrush
    9. Hotel basis with all meals included in the price
    10. He voiced Tintin in the 2011 animated movie
    11. Yellow flower, its seeds float away
    12. Back to ...; return to the beginning
    13. Person who carries out crosses
    14. John Cleese film where he stars as a teacher
    15. To have been hit with an underwater weapon
    16. Slivers of wood stuck in your skin

    Puzzle 3

    1. Soothing, instrumental music in the background
    2. Transform one form of energy into another
    3. Another name for the Batmobile
    4. Sub-unit of currency in Cuba, Argentina and Mexico
    5. Art ..., art style pre-WWI using flora and foliage
    6. Pack these larvae into infected wounds
    7. Areas with hotels and many tourist facilities
    8. Che ..., Argentine revolutionary and trainee medic
    9. The Spoils of ..., 1895 novel by Henry James
    10. Fast warship
    11. Rats, mice, squirrels, gerbils, etc.
    12. Japanese cuisine of thinly sliced fish and meat
    13. Truck with a large area for carrying cargo

    Puzzle 4

    1. Offer of marriage
    2. Offer of marriage done on one knee
    3. oxen/deer/sheep whose horns have been removed
    4. Central point where medians intersect
    5. ... to; following on from
    6. Twelve ..., crumbling limestone stacks off Victoria
    7. Holiday destination that is far away by plane
    8. Walter ..., leader responsible for the Berlin Wall
    9. French olive oil bread designed like a leaf
    10. Supply information bit-by-bit
    11. ... plates, stage act involving crockery
    12. Yabba ..., Fred Flintstone's catchphrase
    13. Mike ..., composer of Tubular Bells
    14. ... kit, medical supplies pack for home use
    15. Dangling limply
    16. Metal eating vessel for soldier
    17. Emma ..., author of Room
    18. Keeps the rain off or shades the sun
    19. Jomo ..., Nairobi's international airport

    Puzzle 5

    1. Fenced off, green areas where cows or sheep live
    2. Le Mont-St-..., French abbey fortress on an island
    3. ... and Co, Kipling's thoughts on schooldays
    4. White household fungus with musty smell
    5. US comedy centred around a Boston bar
    6. An Asian crocodilian with a long, narrow snout
    7. Right My ... by Bryson Tiller
    8. Mária ..., invented a solar distiller of seawater
    9. Athletes who are a circuit behind have been ...
    10. ... Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport
    11. ...chef or ...mind

    Group 494


    Puzzle 1

    1. American coin magic expert
    2. Coffee with hot milk and chocolate powder
    3. "Kill the goose that lays the ..."
    4. Various musical acts "blamed" it on this
    5. Pestering, like as a black-and-white stripy mammal
    6. Island country including Java
    7. Ursus maritimus, a snowy white Northern mammal
    8. Sword ..., circus act that's hard to stomach
    9. The display on a wall-hanging timepiece
    10. Paula ..., fastest female marathoner from 2003
    11. Males of the cloth
    12. Glossy promotional magazines with holiday details
    13. For she's a ... fellow; sung to the birthday girl
    14. Cobbler, producer and mender of footwear

    Puzzle 2

    1. Indian mystic who befriended The Beatles
    2. Shallow Hal and School of Rock comedy actor
    3. ... King, long-serving Canadian Liberal PM
    4. Fertilized eggs in transparent jelly on ponds
    5. Military supplies, weapons, bombs and bullets
    6. Any of 1 or 3 or 5, etc.; unlucky in China
    7. Person who interprets words via mouth movements
    8. Crockery, cutlery etc. used at mealtimes
    9. Guest-relations employee at a hotel
    10. French police officers
    11. Prominent French Volcano School painter: Jules ...
    12. Units for computer storage space; KBs
    13. Two-wheeled rugged transport
    14. Fast-spreading, out-of-control conflagrations
    15. Underarm roll-on or spray to stop smells
    16. Festival marking the midpoint of winter
    17. Roman amphitheater

    Puzzle 3

    1. Tiny seed in Granny Smiths, Braeburns, Empires
    2. Type of mammal that chews the cud
    3. Passeig ..., grand shopping street in Barcelona
    4. Foot-operated refuse container
    5. Spine-... describes something fantastically scary
    6. ... St, explorer's road in Adelaide and Melbourne
    7. ... Springs; Route 66 town in Cars films
    8. Insults, derogatory remarks
    9. 90s "nature" album by Paul Weller
    10. Mind-bending trick at a magic show
    11. Three siblings born at the same time

    Puzzle 4

    1. Curly-haired dog
    2. a race contestant sure to win
    3. Brand that makes orange-coloured Hot Pepper Sauce
    4. Lawned or grassed over
    5. Meeting possible partners for dinner or drinks
    6. Ornamental beer mugs from Germany
    7. ... lightning; splits into branches across the sky
    8. Shake, ... and Roll; rhythm and blues Elvis song
    9. City famously lost a bridge in the Bosnian War
    10. National airline of Spain

    Puzzle 5

    1. Bees who do the collecting
    2. Ray ..., snooker's "Dracula"
    3. The least spicy
    4. A gathering of bards in Celtic mythology
    5. one of the 4 constituent bases of nucleic acids
    6. ... Brown, character created by Charles Schulz
    7. Country music party in a barn
    8. Daily facility where people are looked after
    9. ... Hounsfield; inventor of the CT scanner
    10. Act of touching together, talking
    11. ... To All That, Robert Graves' thoughts on WWI
    12. Jordanian sandstone features linked to TE Lawrence
    13. Baggage ...; collection point for suitcases
    14. Syrupy alcoholic drink of the Québec Carnaval

    Group 495


    Puzzle 1

    1. Carelessly hurried; slipshod
    2. ... Fire, just as dangerous as enemy's intent
    3. ... Forest, hiking trails in New Orleans' City Park
    4. Results of cuts to the skin that won't fade
    5. Cosy comfy room
    6. Matt Groening cartoon with Fry as protagonist
    7. Neckwear for formal occasions
    8. Terrible, horrifying
    9. Old ..., country band fronted by Matthew Ramsey
    10. ... Way, Roman road from Norfolk to Wiltshire
    11. ... monarchy, government of total authority
    12. The French Lieutenant's Woman: Sarah ...
    13. Pigs in ..., chipolatas wrapped in bacon
    14. Areas where shallow water dominates the terrain
    15. Stops between connecting flights
    16. A blessing in ...
    17. Small fish with an equine-like head

    Puzzle 2

    1. Maker of seating on horses
    2. Holds the wheels in place on a bicycle
    3. Perusing the pages of novels
    4. Preparing luggage for a trip or holiday
    5. Break into small pieces, like a biscuit
    6. Dior post-war fashion of nipped-in waists
    7. Nationality of nduja, spreadable spicy sausage
    8. Low-key LA music festival held annually since 2004
    9. Silly like a jester
    10. West German name for former East German currency

    Puzzle 3

    1. Wooden shed-home for kids to amuse themselves in
    2. Welsh grandfather of Henry VII
    3. 16th-C Italian architect with a classical style
    4. A place for robins and blackbirds to feast
    5. Devoid of goals or principles
    6. Down by the ...; spiritual recording by Elvis
    7. Not natural or spontaneous
    8. Male agenda of sitting with legs akimbo in public
    9. All the ...; Christmas dinner extras and essentials
    10. Doggie tale by Fred Gipson about Old Yeller's pup
    11. Circus act also called high wire
    12. Something not made to last, not permanent
    13. Thumb a ride from a stranger
    14. Home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    Puzzle 4

    1. Boring a hole to access oil resources
    2. Viciously
    3. Hotel rooms sometimes have this for guests to wear
    4. Korean mixed rice, meat and veggies in a bowl
    5. Jackson Five member, singer of Let's Get Serious
    6. Site of major Italian earthquake of 1915
    7. Young male attendants of a bride at a wedding
    8. Dextrous game of straws or spills and marbles
    9. Nickname of legendary baseball player Joe Jackson
    10. Driving excessively fast
    11. Decade when Madonna came to prominence
    12. Gather ye ... while ye may
    13. Wizard, magician

    Puzzle 5

    1. Largest National Park in Australia
    2. Michael B. ... of Creed and Black Panther
    3. Largest fast food chain in Canada: Tim ...
    4. Shipping line famous for the Britannia and Titanic
    5. Surface sheen on wood; thin green layer on copper
    6. Jibberish - rhymes with but unusuable in Scrabble
    7. ...-horse, piece of apparatus used in gymnastics
    8. ... Dawg, cartoon sheriff
    9. Another day, another ...
    10. Gaston ..., novelist of The Phantom of the Opera
    11. Hen noises
    12. Remove all items from one's suitcases

    Group 496


    Puzzle 1

    1. Chocolate ...; thick, bubbly dessert
    2. ... Quick; smoochy Elvis number 1 in 1962
    3. Large, damp underground chamber
    4. The ... Way joined Rome to Capua
    5. Remove parasites from a cat or dog's fur
    6. ... Globetrotters, series about the basketballers
    7. Peace ...; a feeling of calm or reassurance
    8. Author of 95 Theses: Martin ...
    9. Terpsichorean person
    10. Stan ..., of ... and Hardy comedy duo fame
    11. Longest river of the Third Age in Middle-earth
    12. Official currency of Morocco
    13. Rudimentary counting machine with moving beads

    Puzzle 2

    1. Scored a leveling goal in football
    2. Flute players
    3. Played Joanie on Happy Days
    4. French for "have a good trip"
    5. Promoter who seeks PR for a movie
    6. Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
    7. Fictional spy, 007
    8. Metal currency from 1642, invented by an Irishman
    9. Tropical yellow fruit used in sweet and sour
    10. Bathroom sink
    11. Insect with decorative wings
    12. To sign up for a newsletter, newspaper

    Puzzle 3

    1. ... Lane, London street market aka Middlesex Street
    2. Compulsive, consumed by
    3. Egyptian waterway
    4. Building attendant, also called a janitor
    5. Small land crustacean, lives in damp places
    6. Considered, mulled over
    7. Decisive 1415 English victory: Battle of ...
    8. Keira ..., Pirates of the Caribbean actress
    9. Colored exploding sky-fillers at all good parties
    10. Pod vegetables that are dried, come in two halves
    11. Trading in an old phone for a newer, better one
    12. Measurement around the edge of a shape

    Puzzle 4

    1. Period of melancholy with maritime origins
    2. Megan ..., Tammy Two on Parks and Rec
    3. Waiting in ...; on stand-by, ready to go
    4. Reactive, soft alkali metal, symbol Rb
    5. Ultimate match with a trophy awarded to winners
    6. Recollections
    7. ... Park, New York neighborhood and private park
    8. ... Tower, the "2nd" tower at Palace of Westminster
    9. ... swirl; Danish pastry topped with spice
    10. People who have had a limb removed
    11. ... Songs, music publishers of Beatles tunes
    12. Weapon used by David to kill Goliath
    13. "The great ..." said Bulwer-Lytton of the masses

    Puzzle 5

    1. Novel by William Golding: "Rites of ..."
    2. Sea creatures a bit like tortoises
    3. Nation that ceased being part of the UK in 1921
    4. Magic ..., Disney's top park; Cinderella's castle
    5. Chinese Winter Solstice festival
    6. To pay for something, maybe while spluttering
    7. Fruity, iced desserts (no milk)
    8. Baseball kit, e.g. top and trousers
    9. Took a client from another business
    10. Arrive at a hotel at the start of your stay
    11. Ben ...; Night At The Museum and Zoolander actor
    12. Hulu's 18th century brothel drama
    13. Mythological character ended up in the underworld
    14. Display, picture, montage
    15. ... Grace; spiritual classic recorded by Elvis

    Group 497


    Puzzle 1

    1. Famous seven-day regatta held in the Solent
    2. Irish dish that combines mashed potato and kale
    3. ... lounge, seating area to wait for a flight
    4. Microsoft Corporation founder and philanthropist
    5. British architecture 1901-1910
    6. John ..., novelist of the USA trilogy
    7. Oscar-winning actor who played Ray Charles in 2004
    8. Don't forget to ..., or DFTBA
    9. Tourist who visits attractions to look at them
    10. Tracing a family tree
    11. Bull in a ..., or a clumsy person
    12. Foliage found on an acorn tree
    13. Pan-Am aircraft bombing over this Scottish town
    14. Documents that keep details of thoroughbred horses
    15. Small enclosed space or tiny room
    16. British explorer who met Pocahontas

    Puzzle 2

    1. ... squad, Met Police unit nicknamed the Sweeney
    2. Official currency of Panama
    3. What ... Knew, Henry James story of warring parents
    4. ... Hirst, formaldehyde artist
    5. Kid with an adult-sized superhero alter ego
    6. They replace bread in the Christian communion
    7. Overcast skies
    8. Raymond ..., actor father of actors Anna and Daniel
    9. Australia's oldest university, founded in 1850
    10. Street ..., raggedy prankster child
    11. Country home to the archaeological site of Petra

    Puzzle 3

    1. Getting onto an aircraft ahead of a flight
    2. Clerks, secretaries
    3. Neruda, for real
    4. French leader lived at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
    5. Grows; becomes more mature
    6. Racehorse names are limited to this no. of letters
    7. Canines in the upper jaw
    8. Magazines for passengers' perusal on planes
    9. Italian form of the name John
    10. BJ Thomas song, Raindrops Keep Falling ...
    11. Congo River city once known as Léopoldville
    12. Fruit related to a potato and tomato aka aubergine
    13. Former generations of a family line
    14. French ruler who banned Carnevale in Venice
    15. David ... makes theatrical hats for racedays
    16. National Academy of ..., created by Lincoln in 1863
    17. Monthly house payment to bank
    18. Catholic saints, ... of Antioch and ... of Loyola

    Puzzle 4

    1. Mysterious buzzing sound heard in Mexican town
    2. David ..., 70s heartthrob with The Partridge Family
    3. even less active inside the trellis! (anag)
    4. Overnight flights
    5. Aleister ...,writer, occultist and traveller
    6. New ..., Louisiana's annual home of Carnival
    7. The Blair Witch ...; 1999 psychological horror
    8. Once London's largest hotel, once owned by the BBC
    9. ... World, first crossword publication
    10. Tales, accounts, narratives
    11. Powdered baby milk
    12. Girl Before a Mirror Spanish cubist painter

    Puzzle 5

    1. Fast-paced; e.g. a bullet train
    2. Country where the band The Seekers originated
    3. The Fabulous ..., Michelle Pfeiffer movie
    4. French drinks servant of the ancien regime
    5. Milan opera house, Teatro ...
    6. Country whose largest city is Mbabane
    7. Small, French patisserie cake appetiser
    8. Inn from where Canterbury Tales pilgrims set out
    9. Transparent scale over a snake's eye
    10. Temporary crash on someone's living room furniture
    11. Sell all assets; dissolve a business
    12. Detonating inwardly
    13. This person waves at an orchestra
    14. Pass allowing train travel around Europe

    Group 498


    Puzzle 1

    1. Rigid bag used by commuters to carry paperwork
    2. ... league, medieval trading bloc across N Europe
    3. Name given to bringer of, often bad, news
    4. Sour fruit with juicy pulp aka tree tomato
    5. Venice's international airport
    6. Rectangular bag used to carry business documents
    7. Music genre of New Orleans referring to jazz bands
    8. Negatives, downsides
    9. Colourful flying insect that began as caterpillar
    10. Alexander from True Blood; Bill from It
    11. Percentage of hotel rooms with guests present
    12. Blue violet gem named for a country in East Africa
    13. Acts of washing oneself
    14. Ancient Egyptian queen

    Puzzle 2

    1. Louisiana musical genre that blends blues and R&B
    2. Steller's ..., aquatic mammal like a dugong
    3. Intense; at maximum capacity
    4. Spanish word for "summer"
    5. Make slightly moist
    6. Anne ..., English philosopher/Cambridge Platonist
    7. ... and Juliet; Shakespearean-themed animation
    8. International ..., describes rich frequent fliers
    9. More capacious
    10. ... Tito, the first space tourist
    11. Jewellery findings used to make joins
    12. AOC Provence wine, "blackcurrant" in French
    13. ... ball, yellow orb hit by Caroline Wozniacki
    14. Lose ...; tire, fade, weaken
    15. A Time ...; crime drama starring Samuel L Jackson
    16. LDW, insurance waiver against loss and ...

    Puzzle 3

    1. Good Old-Fashioned ..., Freddie behaving himself
    2. Appliances with slots for browning bread
    3. Shigeru ...; admiral of Japanese Navy in WWII
    4. ... and half-a-dozen of the other
    5. Stage musical featuring Madness hits
    6. Berlin museum art lovers can't fail to visit
    7. Take on too much
    8. Mother Hubbard is Cockney rhyming slang for ...
    9. Another form of harness racing
    10. Lisa ..., celebrity makeup artist
    11. Hindered, obstructed, impeded
    12. Massive tombs for ancient Egyptian rulers
    13. Family of singers from The Sound of Music
    14. Chirping insects
    15. Wildlife hit by traffic

    Puzzle 4

    1. Dead bodies
    2. Currency in use in Argentina from 1985 to 1991
    3. Organ that digests most of the food
    4. Nigel ..., British racing driver and world champion
    5. ... Carol; Caribbean-style Christmas hymn
    6. Knots ..., Dallas spinoff centred on Gary Ewing
    7. Gordon ..., mild expletive and a US sportsman
    8. A Spanish view, a window or viewing place
    9. Best ..., US-founded hotel chain
    10. Bond author, his forenames were Ian Lancaster
    11. Lose your ...; become unsteady and fall
    12. Adds on, affixes
    13. Generally, the highest court in the land
    14. Material used to make lederhosen

    Puzzle 5

    1. Animated series with genius baby, talking dog
    2. The annoying hold-up when trying to stream media
    3. Moses ...; inventor, founded the Associated Press
    4. Charles ... Creagh, North Borneo governor 1888-95
    5. General Robert E Lee's horse
    6. A holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike
    7. A person's majority, it is 18 in the UK
    8. Fictional country in The Prisoner of Zenda
    9. A mute woman falls for ... Man, The Shape of Water
    10. The bottom of a Margherita or ham and pineapple
    11. Rivers, streams, canals and brooks
    12. Medical term for a nosebleed
    13. Uninhabited Balearic island, with no beasts
    14. Nice as ..., a currency analogy
    15. Letters/numbers combo in amateur radio broadcasts
    16. Ursus maritimus, magnificent Canadian mammal
    17. Leonard ..., composer of music for West Side Story
    18. 14th-C English building style of window tracery
    19. One who practises within e.g. the Anglican Church
    20. What March is relative to February
    21. Spanish F1 racetrack in Barcelona
    22. Short visit or trip to a tourist attraction
    23. Scale used to measure flux

    Group 499


    Puzzle 1

    1. ... Checkers, advancing board game with pegs
    2. Vast grassland plains without trees
    3. Santeria ska punk band
    4. Briefly, before long
    5. Al fresco
    6. City-..., professional metropolitan
    7. Utter shambles, disaster, fiasco
    8. Projecting part of horse's leg above the hoof
    9. Dietary essentials
    10. 1943 Italian mainland battle near Naples
    11. Meanders
    12. Military walks
    13. Area, filled with scenery, where a movie is made
    14. Southern African country with the loti as currency

    Puzzle 2

    1. Greedy rat in 1973 Charlotte's Web animated film
    2. Lawn mounds left by furry excavators
    3. Waistband wallet
    4. Smiling in a coy manner, smirking
    5. Liquid vegetable food often preceded with French
    6. Blowing device dries follicles post shower
    7. Sara ... isn't gonna write you a love song
    8. Kal-El's alter ego
    9. ... stars, term the ancients used for planets
    10. Slang for Australia and New Zealand
    11. Mock, tease
    12. Name of a German radical revolt in 1919
    13. Male priest, minister of the cloth, ecclesiastic
    14. SCNR means sorry, could ...
    15. Quick advancing counterattack in basketball
    16. How fast the breeze is blowing
    17. Lounge where those about to fly wait

    Puzzle 3

    1. Lifts and moves an object
    2. World's fastest steam locomotive or a type of duck
    3. Starts to grow
    4. Female relative with whom Peter Parker lives
    5. Tommy's surname in Rugrats
    6. The entrails found in a shop-bought chicken
    7. Salman ..., Midnight's Children author
    8. Building material, bonds with mortar to form walls
    9. Town buried in lava in 79 AD
    10. ... Class, the first big role for Brad Pitt
    11. Glitter and glow with light
    12. Took wedding vows again
    13. First captain of the QE2: William Eldon ...
    14. To inhale and exhale

    Puzzle 4

    1. Country where Halloween is called Alla Heigons Dag
    2. Isadora ..., unconventional modern dancer
    3. Liquids to have in glasses or mugs
    4. Ancient Egyptian sky goddess, consort of Horus
    5. Carpet ..., protective flooring for hallways
    6. Spain's flag carrier airline
    7. Term for small, cute child, esp curly-haired
    8. Marcia Gay ..., Oscar winner and author
    9. Trial session
    10. Famous wall located in this German capital
    11. It follows wherever you go
    12. ... of consciousness, term coined by William James
    13. The Police's hit song Every ... You Take

    Puzzle 5

    1. Genetic disorder affecting the FMR1 gene
    2. Feigned attempt to pass the ball in basketball
    3. ... Petrie, Egyptologist who classified pottery
    4. Altered Carbon and House of Cards' Joel ...
    5. Take ...; TYT
    6. Spanish-founded fort in San Francisco
    7. Split or fracture of bedrock
    8. Traditionally, home to a Northern Irish government
    9. World's oldest opera house, Teatro di ..., Naples
    10. Go into something with your eyes ...; totally aware
    11. Rose up in protest against
    12. Easy-to-eat chicken with no hard, inedible bits
    13. Lord Webber musical about a PG Wodehouse character
    14. Series of rock-hewn churches in Ethiopia
    15. Sea current that runs along Pacific South America
    16. Old-time word for dating
    17. Gas associated with swimming pool smell
    18. Animated shows, particularly watched by children
    19. Shakespearean character: anagram of "poor reps"
    20. Organism living in or on another that it feeds off

    Group 500


    Puzzle 1

    1. Carved mountain in South Dakota
    2. A silly one gets a silly answer
    3. Walter ..., English poet for children primarily
    4. Small building situated near the major property
    5. Cabbage-type plant of the mustard family
    6. First editor of Timely Comics before it was Marvel
    7. Supremes' 1964 hit by Holland-Dozier-Holland
    8. Scarlet warning
    9. Alpine resort at the foot of Mont Blanc
    10. Learning, swotting up on subjects

    Puzzle 2

    1. Worn in bed by women
    2. Kiss up
    3. Christina ... of Mad Men and Good Girls
    4. Russian republic, Abakan is the capital
    5. Blurring of an image to signify romance on film
    6. what mesons used to be called
    7. Talkativeness
    8. Dish-type receptacle for summer leaves
    9. She succeeded Queen Mary I to the throne: ... I
    10. ... ponies, equines that roam in UK national park
    11. St James ... Blues, a music standard
    12. British PM married to Cherie
    13. Pictures and months of the year hung on the wall
    14. Made a reservation in advance
    15. Cooked briefly in water before transfer to an oven
    16. Noise of stolen vehicles (and at other times too)
    17. Busy, blocked up

    Puzzle 3

    1. Swedish island, the largest in the Baltic Sea
    2. someone questioning an oracle
    3. ... on, repeatedly or tiresomely stressing
    4. Item of clothing bigger than standard
    5. Detroit's basketball team
    6. ... Road, Belfast, famous for its courthouse/jail
    7. Palindrome meaning worshipped like a god
    8. Metal rods for cooking kebabs on barbecues
    9. Material squares for blowing nose on (short form)
    10. ... fonts are also called italics
    11. ... Economy, class below Business on many US flights

    Puzzle 4

    1. Person who studies past chronological events
    2. Comedian fond of sledgehammering watermelons
    3. Dinosaur suborder with short forearms, e.g. T. rex
    4. From evening until the next morning
    5. Moving forward, like an army
    6. A practice in preparation for a theatrical show
    7. Piquant edible accompaniment to roast lamb
    8. Baggage ...; how much luggage you can bring
    9. Ritchie ..., guitarist of Deep Purple and Rainbow
    10. Small carpet laid by the fireplace
    11. Long, loose-fitting unisex outer robes

    Puzzle 5

    1. Northern ...; another name for the aurora borealis
    2. Justin ..., US golfer known as JT
    3. Pours fat over a joint of meat cooking in oven
    4. ... Nord, busy rail terminus in Paris
    5. Term commonly referenced to filmmakers or directors
    6. Himalayan blue sheep from Central Asian uplands
    7. Gothic novel by Horace Walpole: The ... of Otranto
    8. Banking family in 15th-century Florence
    9. He invented the internal-combustion engine
    10. Ms Carrington's forename as played by Joan Collins
    11. Tommy ..., singer/actor of Half a Sixpence
    12. War film parodied in Chicken Run, The Great ...
    13. ... wire, defensive protection with sharp edges
    14. Eight ... Freaks, scary spider movie
    15. Go on board an aircraft
    16. Rubbed out