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Our World 23 (The BIG One) Crossword Puzzle

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The friendly rivalry between Phoenix Rising and the Scrambled Eggheads continue, in a last ditch effort to ensure a win in the Quiz Writing Month competition. Here's hoping we will be eating scrambled eggs for breakfast and not humble pie. People places and artifacts of the wonderful world we live in.
Author: 1nn1 - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. Gin's partner, often restorative
      7. Barrels
      10. Eastern branch of the Mediterranean (6,3)
      11. A solid geometric figure that diffracts light
      12. Early Soviet leader
      13. Large but shorter public university based in the Keystone State (4,5)
      14. Vomits
      17. Hefty
      20. City in central Mexico, near Guadalajara known for its Virgin figure
      24. Modern day Gaul
      25. Black Sea Crimean port
      26. Any device or phenomenon that wears away the top layer of anything
      27. Gustav, noted French engineer with a towering reputation
      28. Digit of the forelimb
      29. Onomatopoeic sneeze
      30. A very small measurement of length
      31. Ms Langtry, actress and royal mistress NOT Ms Allen, British pop singer "It's Not Fair"
      32. Infamous French evacuation point, WWII
      36. Ouzo flavoring
      39. Nomadic Romani person
      42. Airplane propulsion unit (3,6)
      43. Vincent Furnier alter ego, Miss Cooper
      44. Rough path OR lag behind
      45. Percussionist, wears a high hat, perhaps?
      46. Accurate
      47. Perennial shrubs with sword-shaped leaves native to the hot/dry areas of the Americas

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      1. Spanish snacks
      2. Din
      3. Uses a tent
      4. Landlocked African nation with Kampala the capital
      5. Verbalises the negative response (4,2)
      6. Eritrean capital
      7. Leader of the Judea tribe. One of 12 spies Moses sent to reconnoiter the Land of Israel
      8. Burn lightly
      9. Cher's duet partner at some point
      15. A structure that divides a space into two parts, particularly in interior settings
      16. Clusters of turbines powered by air to generate electricity (4,5)
      18. Forever
      19. Seafood harvesting enterprises
      20. Largest island in Denmark and one half of a Pacific Ocean nation
      21. Iranian
      22. South-East Asian dish based on flat rice noodles (3,4)
      23. 'Broad' English county or a naval city in Virginia USA
      33. Small English sports car manufacturer
      34. US Mid-Western State
      35. Dried grape
      36. Plant base for Tequila
      37. Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain near Valencia
      38. Expel forcibly
      39. John Paul, oil tycoon
      40. Not even the second best option (4,1)
      41. Crimean port famous for WWII meeting of the "Big Three"