Complete Clue List
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1. King of Sparta, killed by the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC (8)
5. In 1985 Whoopi ___ starred as Celie Harris, in "The Color Purple" a coming-of-age film (8)
9. In Norse mythology the God of war and strife and a son of Odin (3)
10. Swimmer ___ Scholes was the 100m freestyle gold medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics (6)
11. The Wimbledon ladies' doubles champions in 1956 were Althea Gibson and ___ Buxton (6)
13. Published in 1994, the thriller novel "Storming Heaven" was by ___ Brown (4)
14. ___ Rhys was cast as Gwen, in the 2011 film "Panic Button" (4)
15. Jockey Corey Nakatani rode this horse to victory in the 1995 San Luis Rey Stakes (7)
16. The 1993 Italian drama film " Mario, Maria e Mario" was directed by Ettore ___ (5)
19. The British TV drama series "Prime Suspect" was created by ___ La Plante (5)
23. Stage name of the English singer nicknamed Scary Spice, ___ B (3)
25. British statesman who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1923, Stanley ___ (7)
27. The character Steph Stokes on ITV's soap opera "Emmerdale" was portrayed by ___ Chase (8)
29. In the 2018 TV series "Magnum P.I.", ___ Weeks stars as Juliet Higgins (7)
31. Published in 1859, the first novel by English writer George Eliot (4,4)
32. Lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies, Margo ___ (7)
33. Released in 1995, the album "The Violin Player" was recorded by Vanessa-___ (3)
35. Arthur Dion ___ served as the Governor-General of the Bahamas from 2006 until 2012 (5)
37. "The ___ of Kilimanjaro" was a short story written by Ernest Hemingway in 1936 (5)
40. Written in 1587, the play "Tamburlaine the Great" is by Christopher ___ (7)
42. In the 1942 American war film "Atlantic Convoy", John ___ was cast as Carl Hansen (4)
44. Dave ___ was cast as Eric, in the 2007 New Zealand romantic comedy "Eagle vs Shark" (4)
45. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is a 2003 novel by Mark ___ (6)
46. Was Leslie Michaelson in the CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless", ___ Conwell (6)
47. Cricket umpire who won the David Shepherd Trophy in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Aleem ___ (3)
48. Sally ___ was Phyllis Waterbury, in the 1970 British drama "The Railway Children" (8)
49. American author whose thriller novel "Inferno" was published in 2013 (3,5)
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1. Code named Stanislas and Aristide, Roger ___ was a UK agent in France during World War II (6)
2. Gymnastic Gold medalist on the horizontal bar at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, ___ Wilson (4)
3. ___ Belack was Dr Catherine Tomsky, in the 1991 comedy film "What About Bob?" (5)
4. The American Humanist Association's 2012 Humanist of the Year, Gloria ___ (7)
5. Released in 1961, the compilation album "Djangology" was by Django Reinhardt and Stephane ___ (9)
6. Judith ___ starred as Angela Bower, in the American sitcom series "Who's the Boss?" (5)
7. Academy Award winner in 2011 for Best Supporting Actor in "The Fighter", was Christian ___ (4)
8. In the 1939 musical "The Wizard of Oz", Billie Burke was ___ the Good Witch (6)
10. English jazz singer whose album "Blue and Sentimental" was released in 1994, ___ Laine (4)
12. The youngest player in England's 1966 World Cup winning team, ___ Ball (4)
17. German cyclist, winner of the 2009 "Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin", ___ Hausler (7)
18. The Member of Parliament for South Thanet from 1997-2010, Stephen ___ (7)
20. The 2009 American family film "G-Force" was directed by Hoyt ___ (7)
21. Published in 2012, "20th Century Battlefields" is a book by Peter and ___ (3,4)
22. In the BBC TV series "Doctor Who", Billie ___ was given the role of Rose Tyler (5)
24. Daniel ___ first appeared as James Bond in "Casino Royale"in 2006 (5)
26. The 2006 novel "It's Kind of a Funny Story", was written by American author ___ Vizzini (3)
28. British musician whose studio album "Fairchildren" was released in 2015 (3)
30. Influential Dutch artist, whose painting "The Abduction of Europa" was completed in 1632 (9)
34. French modernist painter who in 1862 gave us "Music in the Tuileries", ___ Manet (7)
35. American politician, the 50th Governor of Connecticut, ___ B Bigelow (6)
36. In the 2016 political thriller "Miss Sloane", ___ Robbins was Franklin Walsh (4)
38. The album "Happy Nightmare Baby" was released in 1987 by this American band (4)
39. Politician appointed Prime Minister of Sweden in 2014, ___ Lofven (6)
40. ___ Bellamy starred in the title role of the 1922 American silent film "Lorna Doone" (5)
41. Founder of the "Science Fiction Poetry Association" in 1978, Suzette Haden ___ (5)
43. Robert ___ singer, keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Chicago (4)
44. The "First Lady of Venezuela" 1952-1958, ___ María Chalbaud Cardona (4)