Salmon's Bumper Christmas Crossword no.28


Salmon's Bumper Christmas Crossword no.28

The peripheral squares, starting at the top right corner, together with 29 down, spell out part of a (secular) topical song having some connection with BC: (2,8,2,1,5,9,4,4,3,4,2,4,2,4). There are a few abbreviations and a kind of deliberate mistake. Chambers 2003 and/or Shorter Oxford dictionaries should assist.

ACROSS

.13... Headband ate 34 doctors. (6)
.14... Rouse former French city. (6)
.15... The poncho Senator Humphrey selected. (6)
.16... Bones the philosopher took to the Royal Institution. (6)
.17... European and Greek letter at the exit. (6)
.19... Occupier is a social worker after 10. (6)
.22... Pour out and melt after getting the letter. (6)
.25... Mouth setback after hairpiece in tent. (6)
.27... King to order memory. (3)
.28... Reconcile at one go. (5)
30,53..Spruce resin with 63 and 81. (11)
.31... Independent local radio encourages devilry. (3)
.32... Percussion (tympani) after boiler. (11)
.33... Battlements are formed round Eleanor. (11)
.34... Scot worried about his own. (3)
.35... In charge of you starting to get very cold. (3)
.38... The old, old Somerset river. (3)
.39... Still (and the French follow your initiative). (3)
.40... Eskimo had one night in France! (5)
.42... Skull article in rare earth lacks ecstasy. (7)
.43... Old boundary confused the donor. (5)
.45... Prohibition setback leads to arrest. (3)
.49... Rum mile scuttled by more excellent Dickensian. (7)
.50... Measure of staple square ... (4)
.51... ... and cloth inspection by Paul Nagel. (7)
.52... Work unit found in energy. (3)
.55... Cave salamander extracted from pool mud. (3)
.56... Scottish clan chief provides two articles. (5)
.57... Crazy man entered loving caress. (10)
.60... Big about starting neophyte crooner (he sang the song). (4)
.61... A gossip has an intense desire to join the Reserve ... (5)
.62... ... while astute five hundred follow a scold. (6)
.63... Resin of the wise men. (5)
.64... A Welsh 57, putting song in a disc. (6)
.69... Undress the holy man before a journey. (5)
.71... Man lies drunk. (4)
.72... Important letter to VIP. (10)
.74... See 104.
.75... Ball spins for one of the 67. (3)
.77... Professional in favour. (3)
.78... Consolidate Uganda People’s Congress and fail. (7)
.79... 57 is not cheap! (4)
.82... Swallow one vermouth. (7)
.83... Savings account for Isabel. (3)
.86... Hebrew measure inverted at the Health Institute. (3)
.87... Lace frill for books after a dig. (5)
.88... Paint in dots, very quietly, in the old manner. (7)
.89... Extreme veggie, for example, in front. (5)
.90... Water shellac resin. (3)
.92... Almost deaf to East African Federation. (3)
.95... Unfinished brace supporter. (3)
.97... Drink’s pretty hardy, we hear. (3)
.98... Qualification to legislate as Spaniards accepted at joint. (11)
101... In favour of suppressed sniggers developing. (11)
103... Cultivate incomplete sesame. (3)
104,74.Pay a fee for charging rhino amour. (9)
106... Brief announcement of loud scourge. (5)
107... Television news cast in the beginning. (3)
108... Outline one through copper. (6)
109... Observe rent button-hole. (6)
110... Colourful bird to see junior chamber of commerce. (6)
111... Sustained tune to stir. (6)
112... Cat cries out for US mail. (6)
113... Followed a measure with some leather. (6)
114... Get your bearings in the East. (6)
115... Fir has tangled with Muslim prince. (6)
DOWN

..1... Healthy about the horse bargain. (6)
..2... Penetrate main nett diversion. (13)
..3... 44 moaners. (7)
..4... Nine trace mashed-up fruit. (9)
..5... Thrift company swallowed by opposition, we understand. (7)
..6... Holy man has one gem. (5)
..7... Faint smell begins what he independently found foul. (5)
..8... Cove to say true. (7)
..9... Without the knowledge of the UN, Board of Education knots own. (9)
.10... Flashy way for shy owl to swallow one. (7)
.11... Officers controlling the exit mention Maigre in trouble.(10,3)
.12... Gloomy old reader troubled. (6)
.18... Patience, maybe, is only encompassing Italian aspect. (9)
.20... European Trades Union Confederation is regressively cute. (4)
.21... Nervous system has the answer. (3)
.23... Money loses article on unfinished surgeon ... (3)
.24... ... and doctor seen to cut. (4)
.26... Sick enthusiastically heard wrongly. (9)
.29... What an enquirer wants. (2,4)
36,47..Members rush to international competition. (4,4)
.20... Twist-hop swept up this 2. (6,4)
.41... Zero number has a duty. (6)
.44... Numbers of 3. (6)
.46... Petition for an incomplete start. (3)
.47... See 36.
.48... “Out, out!” to you in Rome. (3)
.53... Infuriate with perfume. (7)
.54... Disorder would upset any char. (7)
.58... Tree manure provides recompense. (10)
.59... Heron to rue not starting. (5)
.65... Imaginary state university to get tropical plant. (6)
.66... Book-worshipping lout oils Rabbi Blue. (13)
.67... Relations alter brownish soup. (8-2-3)
.68... Gold coin gets graphical user-interface for National Education Association. (6)
.70... Glandular troubles art topics. (9)
.73... Letter runs to one in France. (4)
.74... Upstart letter is the first in the bank. (9)
.76... Religious order in mosaic. (3)
.77... Severely criticise God! (3)
.80... Referee, er, gets character with religious education. (6)
.81... Precious metal associated with 30,53 and 63. (4)
.84... Deodorizer measure in first-year student. (9)
.85... Pasta spring gets the oil billionaire, we hear. (9)
.91... Outsize statues saddle American (?) with Italian assent. (7)
.93... Hail (hurrah!) oyster. (4)
.94... Moderately OK fish accepts one direction. (7)
.95... Projecting support when Brian starts to bat. (7)
.96... Got up with a flower. (4)
.97... This man is not a Man of Kent! (7)
.99... Wit or spirit troubled priest. (6)
100... US politician escapes Interpol. (3)
101... Perform, lacking a fold. (3)
102... Coypu to ventilate cask (inverted). (6)
105... In the picture because of old viol. (5)
106... Composer’s note to the wild ox. (5)


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