Complete Clue List
Across
1. Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty better known as Nicki ____
6. Island part Indonesian and part sovereign nation separated from Australia by a sea of the same name
9. Former Soviet Republic, now independent but lost Crimea in 2014
10. Naked sheep status but not Mr Connery
11. Peninsula that is a land bridge between Asia and Africa
12. Trifles, baubles, gimmicks for example
16. Mixed up Lois is nothing but dirt
19. Isle of, largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Inner Hebrides
21. Castle that is the beginning (or end) of the Royal Mile depending on which place you start at
22. Edith was a Little Sparrow (apparently)
23. Arthur, former tennis great, Wimbledon, US and Australian Open winner
24. Beijing square where tanks have been known to stop in their tracks
25. National capital on 6 Across
26. The island of Malta's sidekick
27. Bystander that witnesses things
28. Constant worry about the bar or two on the neck of a guitar
30. Iconic Swedish brand but you have to build it yourself
33. Ms May, Brexit Stage Left
37. Tiny Pacific nation
38. A straight bit of a river that you can almost touch if you stretch
39. Music composer, Benjamin obviously from the UK
40. Infamous Black Sea meeting place in WWII
41. Australia's basketballing gemstones
Down
1. Biblical character found in a basket
2. Ms Watts, Australian actress or biblical Ruth's mother-in-law
3. Carl Gustav, (Freud's mate) Swiss psychoanalyst
4. Large black bird that apparently always flies in straight lines
5. Pyramid Central
6. Hardy's heroine
7. Belarus capital could have been a jumble of fur coats
8. Major river flows generally northward from Switzerland to the North Sea
13. Major South African city: Port ____
14. British speck on the southern extremity of Spain guarding the Mediterranean
15. Colleagues
17. Laurence, quintessential British actor, needed to catch a "Marathon Man"
18. Person with political views that have a reddish tinge
19. Earthly paradise just over the "Lost Horizon": ____-La
20. Game played with five dice
28. Canadian Bay with big tides almost makes it an enjoyable day
29. "All men are created ___" especially if you need an artificial sweetener
31. Cuddly marsupial
32. Denmark's second biggest city (alt. sp.)
33. Brass musical instrument
34. One of the Great Lakes. "Why", it's almost an Eagle's nest
35. Ms James (1938?2012), American singer is almost a Sicilian volcano
36. River that flows under the Ponte Vecchio