BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD

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1968 science fiction film starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall (6,2,3,4)

Seventh studio album by the Beatles, released in 1966 (8)

Labourer employed at a dock to load and unload ships (9)

Capital city of Kenya adjacent to the eastern edge of the Rift Valley; from Maasai, ‘cool water’ (7)

Second-longest river in Africa, formerly (1971–97) known as the Zaire (5)

Greenish-blue complement of red; one of the three subtractive colours with yellow and magenta (4)

Small ornamented box for seals, medicines etc. worn at the waist as part of traditional Japanese dress (4)

Star of the 2016 comedy-drama film A Hologram for the King (3,5)

Woman’s close-fitting brimless or nearly brimless hat, popular especially in Edwardian times (5)

‘Gem State’ of the north-western US, bordering on the Canadian province of British Columbia (5)

Large nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built in a high and inaccessible place (5)

Nancy ___, British Conservative politician who became the first woman to sit in the House of Commons in 1919 (5)

Host city of the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest (8)

2002 action comedy film starring

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Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson (1,3)

Code word for the letter m in international radio communication (4)

Muse of the 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch, thought to have been the wife of Count Hugues de Sade (5)

Scandinavian spirit made from potatoes or grain, typically flavoured with caraway seeds (7)

Italian variety of chicory having white-streaked purple leaves, eaten raw in salads (9)

Any primitive bony fish of the family Acipenseridae, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass (8)

19th-century English novelist known for his Barsetshire and Palliser series (7,8)

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Flowering Mediterranean plant of the buttercup family; Nigella damascena (4-2-1-4)

Edges of a roof or thatch that project beyond the wall (5)

Mechanical apparatus showing the positions and motions of bodies in the solar system (6)

Arturo ___, Italian conductor who served as musical director of Milan’s La Scala opera house from 1898–1903 and 1906–8 (9)

___ of Aquitaine, wife of King Louis VII of France and King Henry II of England (7)

Short-lived BBC1 soap opera set in the fictional Spanish town of Los Barcos (8)

White wine produced in the Lazio region of central Italy, chiefly from

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Malvasia and Trebbiano grapes (8)

Point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is closest to the earth (7)

Persian variety of the wild ass that has remained undomesticated; Equus hemionus (6)

George ___, director of films including The Philadelphia Story and My Fair Lady (5)

Either of two small masses of lymphoid tissue in the throat, at either side of the root of the tongue (6)

1989-93 science fiction TV series starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell (7,4)

Singer named Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2016 Brit Awards (5)

Study of the origins and development of words and other speech elements (9)

Slender part of a flower’s stamen that supports the anther (8)

Fred ___, dancer, singer and actor born Frederick Austerlitz in 1899 (7)

Name by which Augustus was known before he became emperor of Rome in 27 BC (8)

Nickname of legendary African-American trumpeter Louis Armstrong (7)

German, Austrian or Austro-Hungarian emperor, especially the German emperor Wilhelm II (ruled 1888–1918) (6)

One of a pair of short-handled oars used by a single rower, especially in a racing shell (5)

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