12a. A kind of long thin cigar. 9 letters 24d. A purple variety of sapphire; its colour. 8 letters 14d. A crustacean with a flattened body with seven pairs of legs, such as a woodlouse. 6 letters
36a and 15d. An elderly character used in anti-German or anti-government cartoons from the 1930's. 7,5 letters. 28d. Existing always; without an end or beginning in time. 7 letters.
10a. Activity, hobby, pastime. 8 letters 3d. remonstrate, complain. 7 letters 4d.an item of furniture found in the bedroom. 8 letters 8d. An item of furniture. 5,2,7 letters
3d.large central Asian feline also known as a snow leopard. 5 letters 6d. a person in sport as a pastime rather than a profession. 7 letters 17d. Groups who perform traditional rhythmic movements,...
28a. Unexpected development in a narrative. 5 letters 33a. Solid geometric figure haveing eight plane faces. 10 letters 36a. Korean martial art similar to karate; and Olympic sport since 1988. 3,4,2...
11a Italian musical term literally meaning 'in the chapel style'. 1, 8 letters 35a. Stringed instrument of the lute family usually played with a plectrum. 8 letters
1a. Refuge given by one country to a citizen of another country to protect that person. 9 and 6 letters. 9 (and 24 across, 6 down, and 27 down) Proverb on the importance of nipping problems in the...