| No. |
Clue |
Letters |
| 1. |
Note, say, the insects’ nervous sign. |
11 |
2. |
Drooping relatives like a rail. |
7 |
| 3. |
I left thirteen sons all stirred up. There could be a violent reaction! |
7,4 |
| 4. |
In bed I object to the skylight. |
5 |
| 5. |
The police change their last form of transport. |
10 |
| 6. |
At the end of training the engineer got a teaching degree – and became a diver! |
5 |
| 7. |
Slightly mad person gets hit and calls out at regular intervals. |
6,5 |
| 8. |
This little pest is both immature and knowing. |
8 |
| 9. |
Flighty creature is chased by well-behaved man in the bard’s dream. |
5,10 |
| 10. |
Discontented daughter with one gets along well without a man. |
5 |
| 11. |
Up at farm big man beheaded bird ….. |
9 |
| 12. |
….. but, not exactly scared, I twice feathered one! |
6,4 |
| 13. |
Mammals that emerged from reptiles’ lips. |
12 |
| 14. |
The first person with a mode of transport to take you and I crashed into the sea! |
6 |
| 15. |
Before the Spanish girl takes most of the water plant for the bird |
6,6 |
| 16. |
Little creature’s missing – bring in copper. |
6 |
| 17. |
The demonstrative lovers who arrived a day before a trio of French birds. |
11 |
| 18. |
Bunting from carnival helped navigator to land. |
7 |
| 19. |
Novel Afghan stair carpet is on the mark. |
3,4,6 |
| 20. |
Heavenly body turning women on! |
3,4 |
| No. |
Clue |
Letters |
| 21. |
A person must be patient using such transport. |
3,9 |
| 22. |
Was an afterthought worth a try? |
5 |
| 23. |
Howard Hughes took off with this smart bird – but never again! |
6,5 |
| 24. |
This number sang – even though baking hot. |
10 |
| 25. |
Peregrine falcon on the wind – a force 3.. |
6,6 |
| 26. |
Bird to weather a storm. |
8 |
| 27. |
American castles in the air ….. |
6,10 |
| 28. |
….. and castles in the air are on board! |
5 |
| 29. |
One of those meteoric types at Bisley? |
8,4 |
| 30. |
Judge, at vast age, became an old fool! |
6 |
| 31. |
Safe vessel showing no sign of age. |
5,3 |
| 32. |
Brightly coloured flapper puts in an appearance around a court. |
6 |
| 33. |
Shropshire town had a hotel servant to provide footwear. |
10,5 |
| 34. |
One in charge of catching herring on Sunday. |
7 |
| 35. |
A bird descends to a wet place in Wales. |
7,5 |
| 36. |
Spotted the first lady of this president when she was announced. |
8 |
| 37. |
Speed and skill needed on pole with this vehicle. |
10 |
| 38. |
Semi-strike in part of ship is given the bird. |
7 |
| 39. |
Old actress with grand final performance. |
4,4 |
| 40. |
Spy organization captures a dishonourable man – but a chirpy one! |
6 |
| No. |
Clue |
Letters |
| 41. |
Butterflies that travel upside down in Reading? |
8,6 |
| 42. |
Bird allowed outside pub. |
6 |
| 43. |
This craft could be described initially as ‘under foreign orders’. |
6,6 |
| 44. |
Excursion by road for flyer. |
8 |
| 45. |
Cat with carapace could be one of the first. |
13 |
| 46. |
Adjutant could spoil a fight ….. |
8 |
| 47. |
….. but was this one settled by Madame Tussaud? |
7 |
| 48. |
Young, female model lies sprawled over the end of settee. |
10 |
| 49. |
Predator in the sky plagues Kuala Lumpur. |
4 |
| 50. |
Erratic callings tormented Hannibal’s adversary – literally! |
7,8 |
| 51. |
Native American has facts about the knock-out. |
6 |
| 52. |
Play the fool after a sheet was changed. |
3,7 |
| 53. |
Did appear to lose a little bird which bobs up again. |
8 |
| 54. |
Western marshal someone loved. |
8,4 |
| 55. |
Poet’s house by the sea in France. |
5 |
| 56. |
Biblical leader has left with nothing eaten – only insects! |
10 |
| 57. |
Hot-tempered women from the south-east only have a little bowl ….. |
4,9 |
| 58. |
….. but Kelvin has a long bat! |
6 |
| 59. |
Wise men who come before church leader get reprimand and could take flight! |
5,6 |
| 60. |
A body-builder for a space traveller. |
8 |
| No. |
Clue |
Letters |
| 61. |
What redhead was all at sea in this? |
7,5 |
| 62. |
Champion new flyer. |
5 |
| 63. |
Vera Cruz star was created from a central burst. |
4,9 |
| 64. |
Communist returns about tea-time, like a loon! |
5 |
| 65. |
Got through a pile but after 3 months prison sentence had test at hospital. |
6,4 |
| 66. |
Dis duck or dat? |
5 |
| 67. |
Meaningless scribble on the insect that caused considerable damage. |
9 |
| 68. |
Wader with an octave range. |
6 |
| 69. |
Newspaper man and a bishop get into rows – and make a spectacle of themselves! |
3,6 |
| 70. |
Inside, he rings about work for an occasional visitor to our shores ….. |
6 |
| 71. |
….. a Greek labourer living in Oil Drum Lane? |
8 |
| 72. |
Private eye made pass clumsily in this story of a Mediterranean bird. |
3,7,6 |
| 73. |
Frolic and there’s likely to be a song in the air. |
4,5 |
| 74. |
The birds that give the coarsest cry. |
6,8 |
| 75. |
Miserable son dearly devoid of love used to spend time on the landing. |
8 |
| 76. |
Elderly, true blue officer who kept a low profile. |
7,5 |
| 77. |
See bird from cutter near headland. |
9 |
| 78. |
The last crooked, unprincipled person has a parachute! |
6 |
| 79. |
Flickering tube’s lit for small birds. |
4,4 |
| 80. |
Look out for high tar ….. |
5,4 |
| No. |
Clue |
Letters |
| 81. |
….. the bird returned covered in detergent. |
5 |
| 82. |
Scottish musician and singer looked a very small person beside the river. |
5,3 |
| 83. |
What one may suffer from, craning to see a flighty creature? |
7 |
| 84. |
Book if freehold lots are released. |
4,2,3,5 |
| 85. |
The bird, female and liberal, to avoid! |
8 |
| 86. |
In the convent those without stockings get unwell – like Lily! |
10 |
| 87. |
Insects generally not amenable to spraying - at the start. |
5 |
| 88. |
In command in the Caribbean, the sailor had one dispute after another. |
4,7 |
| 89. |
Group went first to count of aircraft that first bombed Britain. |
3,8 |
| 90. |
They could be racing o’er spire. |
7,7 |
| 91. |
Top notch, I am briefly on a perch to see a hunter. |
6 |
| 92. |
Flighty ones upset traders on backstreet. |
9 |
| 93. |
Stupid person had love letter rewritten after date ….. |
8 |
| 94. |
….. the romantic tie-up despite pronounced advice against it! |
4,4 |
| 95. |
Portly cadet trained to become an early flier. |
11 |
| 96. |
Weightlifter gets money back from well-known thief. |
7 |
| 97. |
Hargreaves made this crane fly, so it’s said. |
8,5 |
| 98. |
Fighter at the opera. |
7 |
| 99. |
Harper’s heroic lawyer. Scout around and you’ll get him. |
7,5 |
| 100. |
Now lights go off for those of you who puzzle until the early hours! |
5,4 |
