Across
1 – The branch of science concerned with treatment and healing
3 – Labyrinth
4 – Proud owner of the Kwik-E-Mart
6 – To ponder what may happen
7 – The chemical symbol for Radon
9 – A particularly nasty illness which children are vaccinated against
10 – A pointed projection of an animal? Or a brass instrument found in an orchestra?
12 – Ancient city which supposedly has a horse to blame for its downfall
13 – Popular bubbly chocolate
15 – Green-themed villain which enjoys giving Spider-Man the run-around
17 – A Friday-night treat
18 – Not quite blue and not quite violet
20 – Unstimulating
22 – 80’s pop band responsible for one of the Bond themes
23 – To carry something out
25 – They make a nice brown sauce
26 – A means of proving you are who you say you are (abbr.)
28 – The ability of technology to carry out human functions (acronym)
29 – Are you referring to a time in the past? Or a popular Beatles’ song?
31 – Mum, mother, matriarch (abbr.)
32 – Iceberg, Little Gem, Crisphead
33 – Well-known breakdown service (acronym)
34 – ‘Ho ho __’
36 – UK region home to Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland (acronym)
37 – Toilet (acronym)
39 – Portable method of storage for audio (acronym)
40 – Small, medium, large…
42 – Fictional character popular for his inverted English – ‘Solve this clue, you must’
44 – Coronation, Quality, Downing (abbr.)
45 – The US way to spell the name of a cutting tool
47 – Disney-Pixar film about an old man’s flying house
48 – To utilise something
50 – American military designation popularised by the action figure by the name of Joe (acronym)
52 – To sign on behalf of someone else (acronym)
53 – Male honorific title
54 – Intergovernmental organisation for the advancement of peace (acronym)
55 – Chewing ___, bubble____, ____disease, ____shield
57 – A neutral mode of address for a woman
58 – A special type of election when a political seat suddenly becomes vacant
60 – Hog, swine, boar
61 – Expressing the time when an event takes place
63 – You’ll find a thousand of these in a metre (acronym)
64 – Not everyone’s favourite lesson at school (acronym)
66 – If not rugby league, then… (acronym)
Down
2 – To remove, wipe away, rub out
4 – Before noon (acronym)
5 – Common viral illness (abbr.)
6 – If not out, then…
8 – A word denoting a choice between one or more options
9 – The scale used to identify acids from alkalis (acronym) –
11 – The name of both a famous North American city and a state (acronym)
12 – Colloquial expression of thanks
14 – Old school, original (abbr.)
16 – Something tidy? Or a whisky without ice?
18 – Horror novel about a not so funny clown
19 – Make sure you collect your £200 when you pass this
21 – Postal abbreviation for the Canadian province of Alberta (abbr.)
22 – A means of show-casing your product or service on mainstream media (abbr.)
24 – A medical procedure (abbr.)
25 – Everyday greeting
27 – A rank in the Police Service (acronym)
28 – Nautical greeting
30 – Whichever
31 – I, oneself
33 – Technical, chemical name of tinfoil (abbr.)
34 – Expression of humour
35 – Activated, in operation
37 – Us, ourselves
38 – Email feature which ensures others know about your message, even if they’re not the immediate recipient (acronym)
40 – American State which has its Northern counterpart just above it (acronym)
41 – Jealousy
43 – Large fish. It’s a wonder how they fit it into such small tins
44 – Lisa Simpson’s instrument of choice (abbr.)
46 – Italian city famous for its tower
48 – UK’s largest water company (acronym)
49 – To provide a specimen or sample (acronym)
51 – Italian brewing company popular for its lager
52 – Feline expression of contentment
54 – Has had 46 Presidents and counting (acronym)
55 – To acquire, to obtain
56 – Your mobile phone is pretty useless without this (acronym)
57 – Belonging to me
59 – Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, ______ (abbr.)
60 – Someone assigned to help someone in a more senior position (acronym)
62 – A form of intellectual property commonly used to protect signs, logos and designs (acronym)
63 – 650 of these sit in the Commons (acronym)
65 – A club which the UK left on 31st January 2020 (acronym)