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Four three-cd sets of Brahms symphonies to be won!

Senior Times, in association with Naxos Music, is offering four three-CDd sets of Brahms symphonies in this Crossword competition. These are prize-winning recordings of the four symphonies, starting with the dramatic 1st which he wrote when he was 43, played by the Danish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Adam Fischer

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3 CDs BRAHMS: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES Available as a 3CD set Adam Fischer and Danish Chamber Orchestra

History Crossword Number 119 by Zoë DevlinCrossword

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1 Vegetable reputed to help with night sight (6) 4 Butch __, pal of the Sundance Kid (7) 8 Alcoholic drink made from apples (5) 11 Circle of latitude such as 18 Across (6) 18 Zodiac sign Dec-January (9) 19 American aviator pioneer, Amelia ___ (7) 20 Plant with foliage that remains throughout the year (9) 21 Prepared cereal for making porridge (7) 22 Castle by the banks of the Boyne (5) 23 Seasonal fowl that don’t vote for Christmas! (6) 25 Separate into portions (6) 26 Cardinal number, sum of one and one (3) 27 U.S. law enforcement agency (3) 28 French city that pairs often visit (5) 29 Written reminder or note (4) 30 Annoyed or irritated (5) 37 Beer made from fermented yeast (3) 38 Port city of Ukraine on Black Sea (6) 40 Yer man, Hogan, lives in this Ulster county? (8) 43 Beatles single & album ‘__ __ __‘ (3,2,2) 46 Graceful, refined and tasteful (7) 48 Irish poet, Thomas or English sculptor, Henry ___ (5) 49 Preserve or lay aside money (4) 50 Town & county at river Shannon’s basin (8) 53 District in France & variety of brandy (6) 55 He wrote ‘The Commitments’, ___ Doyle (5) 56 Carrier of luggage or dark ale? (6) 57 He sang ‘Isn’t she lovely’, ___ Wonder (6) 59 Lough ___, inlet between Inishowen & Fanad (6) 61 Civil parish & city where Graham lives? (6) 64 Capt. Kirk’s ‘final frontier’ - infinite! (5) 66 Irish times journalist, ___ O’Toole (6) 70 City & county on River Shannon (8) 71 Alcoholic beverage flavoured with hops (4) 72 Having similar characteristics (5) 73 Charles Stewart or Dublin square & street? (7) 75 Storm or Shakespeare play, ‘The ___’? (7) 77 Prestigious, reputable or highly honoured (8) 78 American poet, ___ Plath (6) 79 Timid, unsure, lacking in confidence (3) 81 Liquid in which meat & vegetables are cooked (5) 83 Where the heart is? (4) 86 Portly or strong, dark ale from barley & malt (5) 88 Small but indefinite number (3) 90 Fluid produced by inflammation (3) 95 Alien or originating in a distant country (6) 96 There’s a lustre to this northern province (6) 97 Opaque pink gem - often worn by Carol? (5) 98 Very sweet music or cane syrup? (7) 100 Head of our government (9) 102 Paler or useful for igniting a cigarette? (7) 103 Made plain & comprehensible (9) 104 Craftsman who makes wooden barrels (6) 105 He wrote ‘Translations’, ___ Friel (5) 106 Playwright Samuel ___, wrote ‘Waiting for Godot’ (7) 107 R. Barrow flows through this Leinster town & county (6)

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1 Migrant bird that lays eggs in another’s nest (6) 2 Respected & of good reputation (9) 3 Dickens’s character ___ had a bit of a twist! (6) 5 Partial loss of memory (7) 6 I coarsen this outline of a play (8) 7 Dublin street or southern English county? (6) 9 Time between one event & another (7) 10 Small hole in a needle (3) 12 Migrate to hear this syncopated piano music (7) 13 Volody is ___ of Ukraine (9) 14 Zodiac sign or southern 11 Across (6) 15 Lough ___ lies north of Derry (5) 16 Portable computer (6) 17 Beverage made by steeping leaves in hot water (3) 24 Republican ___ Ceannt or Bishop ___ Casey? (6) 31 Beer that is truly regal? (5) 32 Austrian composers both named ___ Strauss (6) 33 Joke or jape (4) 34 Humorous drama with happy ending (6) 35 British singer, pianist & composer, Sir ___ John (5) 36 Da eased into this saltwater lake (4,3) 39 Worn on the head in Mexico (8) 41 Strike a pose for this author of fables (5) 42 Hang in the air like a kestrel (5) 44 Taut or closely constrained (5) 45 Amphibian such as Natterjack ___ (4) 47 Self-importance - conceit (7) 51 It’s above it! Do away with or avert (7) 52 Place used for burials (8) 54 Whatsoever .. whatever (3) 57 Runner used for gliding over snow (3) 58 Keep separate .. or eat soil! (7) 60 Of big proportions (5) 62 Watchful & vigilant (5) 63 Quadruped such as Arkle (5) 64 This ice athlete can surely streak? (6) 65 Among (4) 67 Conventional, ordinary, usual (6) 68 Author of ‘Ivanhoe’, Sir Walter ___ (5) 69 Dramatic works by actors on stage (5) 73 Cover with stone or concrete (4) 74 Backward jerk of a gun when fired (6) 76 Thirteenth century Venetian traveller (5,4) 79 Waterway linking Red & Mediterranean Seas (4,5) 80 Kirk, Spock & Scotty starred in this TV series (4,4) 82 City in N.Italy, one-time home to James Joyce (7) 84 Female character in ‘Great Expectations’ (7) 85 Small branches (6) 87 Least good-looking, unsightly (7) 89 Feverish, intensely busy (6) 91 Grass-cutting tool, not for the chesty! (6) 92 Flight of stairs for pests? (5) 93 US state of Death Valley & Las Vegas (6) 94 Field that is full of wildflowers or hay (6) 99 Let’s bring Kay to see this wild ox! (3) 101 Well it’s not him... (3)