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Across

4. King of the Zulu nation 1872-79
5. Kiddies 1/32 scale slot car racing system
6. Popular variety of food poisoning
9. North Wales town where people go to die
10. River in Norfolk
12. One of those clunky metal horrors that you secure to your steering wheel to deter casual car theft
16. The Blue Island
17. Goth band from Northampton
18. A religious/spiritual retreat
21. Chief fireman of Trumptonshire
22. Nasty golfing problem
24. Town in the Netherlands
27. Former “Brain of Britain” (3,5)
28. Originally the term for a novice seaman
29. An excuse for people to wave their arms about in the name of art/music
30. Soap made by Lever Bros in Port Sunlight
31. Firestation forecourt feeling felt
35. Organisers of the UK National Lottery
36. Jamaican bay
37. Shropshire hill
38. Barbican roof singer
41. Horse racing track in Staffordshire
43. Plastic tunnel sold in garden centres
44. Mag for teeny girlies
45. Shoe polish brand
48. Scouse term for either trousers or underpants or both
49. Well known for having an appallingly large ringlet-type hairstyle (5,3)

Down

1. Spanish keeper in the 80′s and 90′s
2. A god squad rock band
3. 750cc Triumph motorbike
7. Venue in Japan, popular for recording live albums
8. Gene Simmons and his motley crew of rockers with the over-the-top make-up
11. Greyhound track near Wolverhampton
13. A Lake District mountain
14. Sheffield theatre
15. Italian bicycle components
19. Decongestant medicine for catarrh and sinus congestion
20. Expensive and once trendy brand of Italian clothing
23. Unilever’s idea of a replacement for butter and margarine
25. Fish oil and orange vitamin pills
26. Irish folksie singer, used to be with Clannad
32. Christmas day lake swimming in Hyde Park
33. Ostentatious fish (3,4)
34. Fabric conditioner
39. High security mental hospital
40. Hills in Somerset, not too far from Bridgwater
42. Tricycle taxi in India
45. Wealth regarded as a God or an evil influence
46. State benefit cheque
47. A high profile stair lift