stuck on 1 The Karate Kid = 44 "they are usually made by the undertakers". - why??
1. 500 to start with, that is not easy - DIE HARD (D = 500 in roman numerals, that is = ie, not easy = hard)
2. A cobbler so named and in Western Australia A FISH CALLED WANDA ( fish= cobbler, so named = called, "and" in Western Australia ie WA = "A fish" "called" W-and-A)
3. A general nobleman - AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (general = officer, nobleman = gentleman)
4. A level- ALL ABOUT EVE (all "about" eve = al-eve-l)
5. A line of Hamlets - TO BE OR NOT TO BE (a line in Hamlet)
6. A scheme about too many soldiers _PLATOON (sheme = plan about "too", soldiers = pla-too-n)
7. A yankee follower ZULU (in phonetic alphabet Y= Yankee, Z= Zulu)
8. An unbalanced person who has lost his way - PSYCHO (Psychopath lost "path")
9. and when in Rome? E.T. (et is latin (rome) for "and")
10. Be inclined to go after upset children in a ship - SCHINDLER'S LIST (be inclined = list, SS = ship + anagram of children = "chindler", S-chindler-S List)
11. 20) Bernard Law THE FULL MONTY (Bernard Law Montgomery was the full name of Field Marshall Montgomery (Monty)
12. Big bird of Kentucky ROCKY (big bird = Roc, Kentucky = KY)
13. Commanding Officer is around, as in, with Aristocracy, to a point - CASINO ROYALE (CO = commanding officer, C "as in" O, Aristocracy = Royal, to a point = E (East)
14. He has Hydrogen in a French town THE HOURS (french town = Tours + "he" + "H" (hydrogen) = T-he "H"-ours)
15. He is about to let two points go at the end HALLOWEEN ("He"+ "allow" ie let +EN ie the 2 points East and North = H-allow-e-EN)
16. He is in opposition about broken toys TOY STORY (Toys + TORY in opposition to labour government)
17. He makes spirits disappear - THE EXORCIST
18. Heavy metal index - GOLDFINGER (metal gold, index finger)
19. Hen night is in disarray- THE SHINING (anagram of "hen night is")
20 I go after a French colour VERTIGO ("I go" after French colour "vert"(green))
21. I sat about with magnificent broken file IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (I sat anagram = It's a, magnificent = wonderful, "broken" file = anagram of file = life)
22. It’s in reverse in the Nottingham Post Code- THE STING (nottingham post code = NG + it's backwards+"the" - The "sti" "NG")
23 It’s quite unkind in the main THE CRUEL SEA (Sea is known in crossword speak as "the main", unkind = cruel)
24. Kelvin has two points KES (kelvin = K, 2 points = ES ie East and South)
25. Manchester, Lincoln or Lancaster - AIRPLANE (three types of planes manufactured by Avro)
26 Mass destruction won with hindsight after APOCALYPSE NOW (mass destruction = apocolypse, after hindsight = now)
27. Miss Ramsgate takes a letter at 1051 to a small business PASSPORT TO PIMLICO (Miss = Pass, Ramsgate = PORT, letter is the Greek letter "pi"1051 in Roman Numerals is MLI, small company = CO ie Pass Port to "Pi" MLI Co)
28. Nits enable the florists to make a new arrangement BELLES OF ST TRINIANS (anagram of "nits enable the florists")
29 Old Testament opening line OTHELLO (Old Testament = OT, opening line = Hello)
30. Pretty and a flower of Scotland BONNIE AND CLYDE (pretty = Bonnie, Flow-er of Scotland ie a river, is the River Clyde)
31. Ring road from London to Llanelli – it’s a way to be bumped off DIAL M FOR MURDER (dial = ring, road from Llanelli to London is the M4 (M for) bump off = murder)
32. She is about right Kelvin SHREK (Kelvin = "K" + "she" + "R"= right and then an anagram)
33. Sk8er BLADE RUNNER (Skater)
34. Soldier goes about with broken hand GHANDI (soldier = GI, +"hand" = G-hand-I)
35. Sounds like there are no bars here SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (sounds like no baas)
36. St Andrew & St Peter are expert lumberjacks we hear GOOD FELLAS (Good Fellers)
37. Take out the Mimidae TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD (take out = "to kill a" "Mimidae" is the latin name for the family of birds that include Mocking birds)
38. Taking the reserves off before the second half of Chinese territory KING KONG ( reserves = TA ie Territorial army, "Taking" - "TA" = KING, second half of Chinese territory = KONG (Hong Kong) = KING KONG)
39. Teaching the Gunners about it - EDUCATING RITA (teaching = Educating, gunners = Royal Artillery ie RA,"about" "it" ie R-it-A)
40. The French Private L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (La = the in French, private = confidential)
41. The noble title for engagement and eternity THE LORD OF THE RINGS , (noble title = Lord, eternity and engagement = "rings")
42. The poor actor is allowed to take this major role HAMLET (poor actor = "ham", allowed = "let", major role = Hamlet)
43.The reserves 11 use this to start a round TAXI DRIVER( TA = Territorial Army = reserves, eleven = XI in Roman numerals, a "driver" starts a round of golf)
44. They are usually made by the undertakers
45. They travel around Florida THE FLY ("They" travel around "FL"= "The FL-y")
46. They went by road to Kansas- THE RED SHOES (Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's slippers were red, followed the yellow brick road, dorothy came from Kansas)
47. We hear he was so happy that he devoured his wife GLADIATOR ( Glad he ate her)