The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 572 - Dec 18 2021

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Clues Answers
... but one reason why too many people are this year PANDEMIC
A measure of scotch? DRAM
Band that wished everybody Merry Xmas in their 1973 9 10 SLADE
Choirmaster with whom Military Wives had a 9 10 in 2011 GARETH
Church in Smith Square, London known as a concert venue STJOHN
Colloquial term for a nuclear weapon ABOMB
Dark version of ochre UMBER
Disney character from Frozen, voiced by Josh Gad OLAF
Element with atomic number 7 NITROGEN
Epic poetry - bohemian, according to Queen in their 1975 (and 1991) 9 10 RHAPSODY
Ernst Blofeld's designation within Spectre in the Bond books NUMBERONE
Form of sterling no longer issued by the Bank of England POUNDNOTE
French city close to the Belgian border LILLE
Group whose hits include You Sexy Thing HOTCHOCOLATE
Here we go round the __ - nursery rhyme MULBERRYBUSH
Ice hockey team from Edmonton, Canada OILERS
Japanese city on Honshu KOBE
Jawaharlal __, India's first prime minister NEHRU
London borough whose NHS choir (with 43) had a 2015 9 10 with A Bridge Over You GREENWICH
London borough whose NHS choir (with 45) had a 2015 9 10 with A Bridge Over You LEWISHAM
Lucentio's 9 10 in The Taming of the Shrew? BIANCA
Oh My __, Boney M in their 1978 9 10 LORD
One of the five basic tastes UMAMI
Clues Answers
Peninsula in south-west Europe IBERIA
Sally __, central character in Cabaret (1972) BOWLES
See 4 MALONE
Semi arid southern fringe of the Sahara SAHEL
Sigmund __, neurologist (1856–1939) FREUD
Simon __, actor who plays Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible franchise PEGG
The Beatles' simple desire in their 1963 9 10 (1,4,2,4,4,4) IWANTTOHOLDYOURHAND
To tango...? TAKESTWO
Type of suspects rounded up in Casablanca? USUAL
University in Cambridge, Massachusetts MIT
US version of a fictional character created by Martin Handford WALDO
What Band Aid asked if they knew in their 1984 10 CHRISTMAS
What one should keep, while carrying on? CALM
What Renée and Renato urged us to save in their 1982 9 10 YOURLOVE
What we should let no one be - Mud's 9 10 from 1974... LONELYTHISCHRISTMAS
Where Bruce Springsteen was born? USA
Who had a boy child, according to Harry Belafonte in his 1957 9 10 MARY
Woman warrior in Greek mythology AMAZON
You were always on mine, according to the Pet Shop Boys' 1987 9 10 MIND
_ Major, wife of the former prime minister NORMA
__ Bergman, star of Casablanca INGRID
__ Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday SHROVE
__ Wynette, the 'First Lady' of country music TAMMY