| Clues | Answers |
| & 28 Down: Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film about a Texan oil baron wishing to buy a Scottish village for his firm | LOCAL |
| “When the Honours List is full of ____s, millionaires, and—er—chumps, you may be quite sure that the Government is seriously ill” (Arnold Bennett) | RASCAL |
| 1930s film star such as Errol Flynn, Clark Gable or Rudolph Valentino | Matinee idol |
| A light or westerly wind, also a large Ford car replaced by the Granada in 1972 | ZEPHYR |
| A product available in only one chain of stores | own brand |
| Actor who won a best actor Golden Globe for his portrayal of General Patton | George C Scott |
| Actress, anti-nuclear and feminist activist, who won an Academy Award for her role in Klute in 1971 | Jane Fonda |
| Add explanations to text | ANNOTATE |
| An alternative name for the “Athens of the North” | Auld Reekie |
| Author of Haroun and the Sea of Stories | Salman Rushdie |
| Author of Le Grand Meaulnes | Alain-Fournier |
| Berkeley Square songbird | NIGHTINGALE |
| British driver who was Formula 1 world champion in 1976 | James Hunt |
| Brittle silvery-grey metallic element, used in steel-making | MANGANESE |
| Buzz ____, a Space Ranger superhero in the Toy Story films | LIGHTYEAR |
| Chinese province, capital Chengdu | SZECHUAN |
| Cricketing fielding position on the off-side | Extra cover |
| Deep blue semi-precious stone, the original source of ultramarine pigment | Lapis lazuli |
| Domestic fowls which lay white eggs | LEGHORNS |
| Drum-like machine for hauling in heavy ropes | CAPSTAN |
| Excessive sentimentality | SCHMALTZ |
| Former large naval base and dockyard town in Fife | ROSYTH |
| German cipher machine used in the Second World War | ENIGMA |
| In English, a decorative coating for the outside of buildings, though simply “plaster” in its original language | STUCCO |
| International yachting trophy currently held by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | America’s Cup |
| Italian opera house opened in 1778 | la scala |
| Juan Manuel ___, Formula 1 world champion from 1954 to 1957 | FANGIO |
| Location of the US Congress, and a residential area of Washington DC | Capitol Hill |
| Lorenz ____, lyricist of Pal Joey | HART |
| Martin ____ directed Taxi Driver and Raging Bull | SCORSESE |
| Methodist orator who is not an ordained clergyman | Lay preacher |
| Mont Cervin, to the French, first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865 | MATTERHORN |
| Muse of lyric poetry and music | EUTERPE |
| Outcomes, which in the original meaning of the word, could be bad as well as good | SUCCESSES |
| Part of the brain which co-ordinates voluntary movements and maintains equilibrium | CEREBELLUM |
| Piece of armour, covering the chest and back | CUIRASS |
| Portable organs furnished only with reed-pipes | REGALS |
| Prestigious London shopping location, planned by John Nash | Regent Street |
| Regular presenter of Newsnight | Emily Maitlis |
| Rich, fashionable young people | Jeunesse doree |
| See 33 Across | HERO |
| Silk straight dress with stand-up collar and a slit in one side, worn by Chinese women | CHEONGSAM |
| Solicitors or barristers appointed as a part-time judges in the Crown Court | RECORDERS |
| The ability to use language proficiently | LITERACY |
| The Lily Maid of Astolat | ELAINE |
| The Mock Turtle said it consists of Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision | ARITHMETIC |
| The use of severely tailored suits by women in business, intended to project an image of efficiency | Power dressing |
| The ____ Girl in the School started a series by Enid Blyton | NAUGHTIEST |
| Town in southeastern France, where nougat is made | MONTELIMAR |
| Town in Umbria whose historic sites were damaged by an earthquake in 1997 | ASSISI |
| Trademark for thin transparent wrapping material, made from viscose | CELLOPHANE |
| Type of lift with no floor selection buttons, rare in the UK | PATERNOSTER |
| Village near Criccieth where David Lloyd George was brought up and is buried | llanystumdwy |
| Volcanic island in the Atlantic discovered by Joao da Nova Castella in 1502 | St Helena |
| Warwickshire-born novelist who wrote Romola | George Eliot |
| Yorkshire’s smallest city | RIPON |
| ____ Bay railway station incorporates the Caledonian MacBrayne terminal for ferries to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute | wemyss |
| ____ crunch, a sit-up | ABDOMINAL |
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