17a. Short, memorable saying embodying a commonplace fact or experience. 7 letters 1 (and 4,18 and 21 down) 17 across illustrating the impossibility of two mutually exclusive courses...
64d. The ...... Variations, the usual name for Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra by Elgar (whose "theme" is idnetified as possible the tune Auld Lang Syne) 6 letters 67d. An impure...
43a. Plants such as Winter Cherries and Jasmine Nightshades. 8 letters 12a. A fibrous silicate mineral formerly widely used as a heat-resistant or insulating material. 8 letters
30d. Seaport on the west coast of Hokkaido, 25 miles WNW of Sapporo, Japan. 5 letters 6a. Of or relating to the eye. 10 letters 57a. Spontaneous or unrehearsed. 9 letters
4a. alternative name for mercury. 11 letters 12a. Non-military conflict between nations or power blocs. 4,3 letters 37a. form of carbon produced by the partial burning of wood or other organic...
6a A book of tables containing a calendar of months, days and astonomical data. 7 letters 7d (Of a quantity or device), changing continuously; by contrast to digital. 8 letters 20d Loss of sensation,...