Complete Clue List
Across
1. Fulgencio, president of Cuba 1940-4 and military dictator 1952-9
5. Gus, astronaut, or Gil, fictional character in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
9. First but shorter release of stocks and shares
11. American actress born 1961, "Melrose Place", "Spin City" (7,8)
14. Canadian actress, "The Notebook", "State of Mind" (6, 7)
21. British cardiologist's essential but shorter machine
23. Term based on British nobility meaning escorted a woman
24. Unrefined petrol/gasoline
26. Cary or Ulysses
27. Large person especially in New York or San Francisco
28. Historical Scottish town OR sugar town North Queensland, Australia
29. People who discriminate against individuals based on their age (alt.)
30. Permanent but shorter stoppage in a boxing fight to ensure boxer safety
31. Female horseback riding sportswomen
37. Professionals that (legitimately) work with drugs
42. Consumed
43. Jackie, world champion F1 racer or Rod, British pop musician
44. Pistol Pete
Down
1. Niels, Danish Nobel winning physicist, atomic theory
2. Nelson's column location in London (9,6)
3. Onomatopoeic command for silence!
4. Essential gas
5. Slimy substance
6. Likeness
7. Yellowstone attraction with a taller waterspout than Old Faithful but not as reliable (9,6)
8. Rooney, American actress, Oscar nominee, sister to actress Kate
10. Fictitious professor capable of committing murder
12. Woman constructed from a rib (apparently)
13. When the southern colonies seceded from the US Union, this was the shorter name they adopted
15. Kidnapped person
16. Yves St ____, French fashion designer
17. Ms Belcourt, Canadian-Métis visual artist born 1982 OR Corpus____, Texas Gulf city
18. Charles Lutwidge ____ better known as Lewis Carroll
19. Stricter non-meat eater
20. Mr John, English pop singer
22. Weep
25. Author's fluid
32. Therapeutic water treatment OR a Belgian motor racing circuit
33. Joe, appointed England Cricket captain 2017
34. Brian, multi-instrumentalist, often associated with Roxy Music
35. Musical or written work on a huge scale
36. Egyptian goddess
38. Ms Farrow, not Prudence, the other sister
39. Mr Stevens before he became Yusuf Islam
40. Mr Claypool OR Mr McKeown, lead singers of Primus and Bay City Rollers respectively
41. Shorter fitness centre