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1 President of the Royal Academy from 1878–96 who painted Crenaia the Nymph of the Dargle, The Garden of the Hesperides and Flaming June (8)
6 Related to delphiniums, marsh marigolds, lesser celandines and wood anemones, wild flowers of meadows, woodlands and arable farmland (10)
13 Kernels of a tree in the genus Juglans, used for carrot and coffee cakes, brownies, goat’s cheese salads or traditionally pickled (7)
14 Italian composer whose opera Norma contains the aria Casta Diva (7)
15 Telegraph code such as the CQD distress signal sent by chief radio operator Jack Phillips shortly after RMS Titanic had hit an iceberg (5) 16 With an aril know as mace, the seed of an evergreen tree indigenous to the Moluccas (Spice Islands) (6)
17 Alpine ski village in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland, host of the Hublot Polo Gold Cup annually in the summer (6) 18 Novel by Roald Dahl with characters including Miss Honey and Trunchbull, adapted into a film and a musical (7)
20 In Ayurvedic medicine, any one of the three energies circulating the body – vāta, pitta or kapha (5)
21 Beta-carotene- and lycopene-rich berry-like nightshade fruits with a number of culinary uses including bruschetta, gazpacho and passata (8) 24 The daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon who became the first queen to rule England in her own right (4,1)
28 Artist noted for paintings of dogs, horses and deer including A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society, Shoeing and The Monarch of the Glen (8)
30 Set in London, a romantic-comedy film by Richard Curtis starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts (7,4)
33 Essential oil derived from the bitter orange tree, often blended in perfumery with other citrus-based oils including bergamot and neroli (10)
35 Modified parachute in the form of a wide canopy for soaring across the countryside from windward hills (10)
37 In meteorology, an atmospheric condition involving condensation such as cloud, fog, haze or mist (11)
38 Capital of Arunachal Pradesh, India’s northeastern-most state (8)
41 _____ families; traditional card game for children with early sets illustrated by Sir John Tenniel (5)
43 August-flowering plant attractive to red admirals, painted ladies and many other lepidopterans hence its nickname the butterfly bush (8)
44 Temporary basting stitches in dress-making, tailoring and drapery; drawing pins; or, ropes regulating the angles of sails in relation to wind direction (5)
48 South American river depicted in one of the Voyages Extraordinaires sequence of novels by
Jules Verne (7)
50 Devices producing beams of monochromatic light with a number of applications including surgery and reading bar codes and CDs (6)
52 English playwright remembered for television serial dramas including Pennies from Heaven, The Singing Detective and Lipstick on Your Collar (6)
54 Collective _____; words describing groups of birds, animals, people or things (5)
55 Sets of stumps/bails for cricket; or, a less common name for croquet hoops (7)
56 Japanese soybean appetiser (7)
57 Flat surface with 64 squares over which a queen may move diagonally, horizontally or vertically (10)
58 Satin badges awarded at horse and dog shows or pony club rallies (8)
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2 From the Greek meaning “dawn stones”, chipped flints originally thought to have been the earliest stone tools (7)
3 German Renaissance painter best-known for his Isenheim Altarpeice (9)
4 Elongated tooth of an elephant, walrus, wild boar, warthog or narwhal (4)
5 Les _____; group of avant-garde artists including those depicted in Homage to Cézanne by Maurice Denis (5)
6 Scottish author of adventure novels including The Coral Island, Digging for Gold and The Eagle Cliff (10)
7 The _____ Policeman; Brian O’Nolan novel (5) 8 Depicted in The Imitation Game, cipher machine decrypted by Alan Turing and his team at Bletchley Park (6)
9 Celestial body such as Hale–Bopp (5)
10 Flat- or curly-leaved, a herb related to angelica, chervil, dill and fennel (7)
11 Welsh county, site of the village Portmeirion where The Prisoner was set (7)
12 Artist who painted The Ballet Class (5)
19 The capital of Grenada (2,7)
22 Generally acknowledged as the first woman sociologist, author of Illustrations of Political Economy, a distant relation of the Duchess of Cambridge (9)
23 Additional period of play in football or rugby in a tie or draw situation (5,4)
25 _____ Falls; the highest uninterrupted cascade of water in the world (5)
26 Mountain system, home to nine of the 10 highest peaks on Earth (9)
27 Maritime distress signal device with red, orange or white smoke (5)
29 Director whose productions include Gorillas in the Mist with Sigourney Weaver and the series Rome (5)
31 Codeword of the Nato phonetic alphabet between Hotel and Juliet (5)
32 Vertebrates also called moonfishes (5)
34 Social unit or group of baboons (5)
36 Name of the mansion in Evelyn Waugh’s novel about Sebastian Flyte and Charles Ryder (10) 39 Derived from the Greek meaning “star sailor”, a professional space traveller (9)
40 Named after the Greek goddess of innocence, Asteroid 5 found in 1845 (7)
42 A coordinate used to define the position of the Sun, Moon or a star (7)
45 Rural dwelling such as any of the ones forming Arlington Row in Bibury (7)
46 Author of the Biggles books (5)
47 Spider silk or gossamer structure (6)
49 Spring or garden in a desert; or, a brand of foam used in floristry (5)
50 One of the words whose initial letter is used to form the acronym “Mamil” (5)
51 Upright section between two steps (5)
53 Traps used by a retiarius (4)
A sudoku grid has a 9x9 grid that is further subdivided into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve the puzzle, each of the rows, columns and 3x3 boxes should contain all the digits from 1 to 9. The solution to this puzzle will be published in next week’s issue.
Solutions will be given next week. The last date for entries is July 10. The winner of this crossword will be announced on July 20. The winner of the June 22 crossword is Rishabh Bafna.