Complete Clue List
Across
1. Initials of character played by Angus Lennie
4. Third American prisoner
7. Before they can escape, they must do this to the tunnel
10. The tailor was sometimes addressed by this short form of his surname
12. Lancaster crew member (abbr.)
13. What Blythe offered Hendley to drink
14. One way for Hendley to obtain forbidden items
16. Most of the prisoners were members of the Royal ___ Force
17. When the dedication to The Fifty is shown
21. Ice, to Werner, perhaps
22. Item Blythe needed
23. Dispersals always needed ____ room to 'hide' the dirt
25. Armament for a Spitfire
26. Code names of the tunnels (3, 4, 3, 5)
31. Short first name for Ives
32. Descriptive of the Gestapo man's expression when he caught Bartlett
34. Hilts presented this sort of argument for a 'blitz out'
35. Where some of the prisoners might have been shot down
37. Ashley-Pitt belonged to the Fleet Air ____
38. What the prisoners were trained to do
39. Ramsey's position (abbr.)
40. What some of the pilots might have been
43. Neighbour of Sedgwick's home country (abbr.)
45. Danny and Hilts were these, of tunnel and cooler, respectively
47. Another word for the compound
48. Hilts' branch of service became this after the war (abbr.)
49. Initials of director of the film
Down
1. Hilts took some time to _____ to Bartlett's suggestion
2. To go, to Sedgwick's final guide
3. Towards the back, to Ashley-Pitt, perhaps
5. What the 'O' in P.O.W. stands for
6. What the prisoners called the guards (7, 3, 5)
8. Inmate of the compound
9. Initials of actor who played Cavendish
11. Where Ives died
15. The tunnel walls were ______ with bed boards
18. Character played by Tom Adams, in charge of diversions
19. Medal ribbon worn by some of the prisoners (abbr.)
20. Claustrophobic tunnel king
24. Prisoners hoped for parcels from the ____ Cross
26. Transportation used by several escapers
27. Surname of actor who played Ashley-Pitt
28. The guards made frequent _____ to try to find the tunnels
29. What the guard took before shooting Ives
30. First name of 'Big X'
32. Surname of actor who played Cavendish
33. Home country of Hendley and Hilts (abbr.)
36. Collect together, as escape paraphernalia
41. Indefinite article, to the commandant
42. Initials of actor who played Sedgwick
44. The real Big X was from this country (var. abbr.)
46. Initials of actor who played MacDonald