OTIB no 263 Crossword Answers

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Here are the answers to the last OTIB crossword, thanks to all those who entered and well done to Ron who was our winner.

The theme was our latest manager and the "extended" Manning family. It seems we have got the Bernard side of the ancestral tree not Peyton so far...

The next crossword is "Sweet FA Again".  With a nod to this seasons FA Cup exploits , it marks the 50th anniversary win v Leeds and the 30th anniversary of beating Liverpool.

Across	Clues
3	LM SHARES THE SAME STAR SIGN AS NIGE - IN FACT THEIR BIRTHDAYS ARE A DAY APART (3)  LEO
7	GREAT AUNTY KATY IS A NOTABLE ACTRESS BEST KNOWN FOR ROLES IN DR WHO. SHE ALSO WAS IN AN AUDIO BOOK ABOUT A VAMPIRE CALLED COUNT -----( 7 ) DRACULA
8	LM REPLACED RUSSELL ----- AT 17 DOWN ( 6 ) MARTIN
9	LM THEN REPLACED CURTIS FLEMING HERE WHO WAS ---- MANAGER ACTING
10	GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDMA MARIA WAS A NOTORIOUS VICTORIAN MURDERER! PERHAPS LM WILL USE THIS METHOD AGAINST THE OPPOSITION ( 8 )  STRANGLE
11	TAYLOR ---- HICKMAN SCORED THE FIRST GOAL OF THE LM ERA WITH A SCREAMER ( 7 )  GARDNER
13	IF LM HAS A BOGEY TEAM IT IS PROBABLY THESE WANDERERS. THEY KNOCKED HIM OUT OF THE PLAY OFFS AND HE GOT A RED CARD AGAINST THEM THIS SEASON! ( 7 )  WYCOMBE
16	LONG LOST COUSIN PATRICK WAS THE PRIME MINISTER OF --- AND TOBAGO FOR 13 YEARS IN TOTAL ( 8 )  TRINIDAD
18	HOPEFULLY LM WILL HAVE THE DESIRE TO LIVE AT CITY FOR YEARS TO COME (ANAGRAM 6 ) RESIDE
20	ITS BEEN A FEW DECADES SINCE WE HAVE SEEN COMEDIAN GREAT UNCLE BERNARD ON OUR TV ------ ( 6 )  SCREEN
21	ANOTHER UNCLE , CANADIAN POLITICIAN, WHO SHARES FIRST NAME WITH DEEPDALE OUTFIT ( 7 )  PRESTON
22	DUE TO HIS BAD BACK NIGE SPENT MOST OF THE SEASON ---- IN THE DUGOUT (3)  SAT
DOWN
1	JUNIOR LANSDOWN CALLED ONE OF THESE FOR NIGE IN OCTOBER (4) TAXI
2	COUSIN STUART , THE HOLLYOAKS ACTOR, FINISHED 5TH IN I'M A CELEBRITY IN 2009, THE YEAR GINO D'ACAMPO WAS KING OF THE ------ (6) JUNGLE
3	JUNIOR THEN HAD THIS TED AT THE TOP OF HIS WISHLIST TIL TINS TOLD HIM HE WASN'T REAL! (5)  LASSO
4	TAYLOR-CLARKE WILL BE HOPING FOR MORE GAME TIME UNDER LM ( 4 ) OMAR
5	SEE 12 DOWN ( 6 )  BRONCO
6	SCORER OF THE OXFORD GOAL WHEN LM MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE GATE THIS SEASON ( 5,5 ) BILLY BODIN
7	AS COACH OF WEST HAM U23S LM WAS CREDITED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS £105M MAN ( 6,4 ) DECLAN RICE
12	COUSIN PEYTON WAS A LEGENDARY NFL QUARTERBACK. PLAYED FOR THE COLTS THEN WAS A ------- ( 6 ) / 5 DOWN ----( 6 ) DENVER
14	LM WAS A NEW ONE OF THESE WHEN IN THE MLS (6)  YORKER
15	THE SQUAD WILL HAVE TO ----- TO A NEW STYLE OF PLAY UNDER LM (5) ADAPT
17	LM'S FIRST UK HEAD COACH JOB WAS AT MK --- (4)  DONS
19	UNCLE BRADLEY, NOW AUNTY CHELSEA , BEST KNOWN FOR DISCLOSING CLASSIFIED INFO ON THE WIKILEAKS WEB---- (4)  SITE