Final Whistle - Sunday Independent

[aireagail]

Stuck on these!
5d , 12d: she had a long think earlier in the ring (6,10) ?????e h?r?i????n
45d: there was a dinner veto for this popular player who sadly wasn’t big in Japan (5,5) d???n?????
Thanks

[fiction-factory]

Kellie Harrington?

[fiction-factory]

anagram of a dinner veto for 45d?

[fiction-factory]

Devin Toner

[aireagail]

Thanks so much! Nearly done!
105a is it Lucy or luci? I Have stiles for 98d
52,90d: soccer star who reached the half-century of international goals in this years World Cup final. (5,7) m?g?n r???n?e
Is 85a: Turin?
107a: there’s quite a lip on this nemesis for Liverpool in the last two European campaigns (6) n??o?i

Thanks

[Lie-in King]

52,90d Megan Rapinoe

[Lie-in King]

107a Napoli - anag 'a lip on' (no anagram indicator, but it's there)

[Lie-in King]

Sorry, but we'll need the clues to 105a & 85a...

[aireagail]

Sorry about that! Have those sorted now but last two that I’m stuck on! .......
85a: a city for the old lady: ??r?n Turin?
100a:Dunfermline might be happy to get safely around Augusta with plenty of these.p?r?

[emmie]

pars, golfing term

[emmie]

Augusta is a golf course in USA

[emmie]

turin looks ok

[Pete65]

Juventus are known as the "Old Lady".
They play in Turin.

Dunfermline F.C.'s nickname is "the Pars".

[aireagail]

Many thanks and Happy New Year!

[aireagail]

Forgot one!
78a standing tall in Leicester....via Belfast and Manchester e??n?

[klazomaniac]

Jonny Evans

[aireagail]

Worked it out! Thanks