BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD

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Protestant Christian denomination founded by John Wesley and others in the 18th century (9)

Largest moon of Jupiter, discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 (8)

American indigenous people dominant in Mexico before the arrival of the Aztecs (7)

Perennial yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family also known as horse-heal; Inula helenium (10)

Artificial being designed to be indistinguishable from a human; first used in the 1982 film Blade Runner (9)

Largest country of West Africa, nicknamed the Frying Pan of the World (5)

Capital of Norway, formerly called Christiania (1624–1877) and Kristiania (1877–1924) (4)

Taxonomic category forming part of a class and which contains one or more families (5)

Island of Venice connected to San Marco Island by a bridge across the Grand Canal (6)

Study of the microscopic structures of plant and animal tissue, also known as microanatomy (9)

1966 hit by English rock band The Troggs, from the album From Nowhere (4,5)

Faint constellation of the southern hemisphere in which the south celestial pole is located (6)

Wooden frame for supporting a blackboard, artist’s canvas etc; from Dutch, ‘donkey’ (5)

God of attraction or desire in

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Greek mythology, identified with the Roman Cupid (4)

Character voiced by Sophie Okonedo in the 2018 film Christopher Robin (5)

British girl group whose hits include Freak Like Me (2002) and About You Now (2007) (9)

Any of various groups claiming special religious enlightenment, especially a secret society founded in Bavaria in 1776; Latin, ‘the enlightened ones’ (10)

Brazilian footballer named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1996, 1997 and 2002 (7)

Former nominally independent state in South Africa reintegrated into the country in 1994; capital was called Umtata (8)

Unit of graphic resolution used to describe the number of image sensor elements in a digital camera (9)

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Rock changed in structure or composition by natural agencies such as heat and pressure (11)

Jethro ___, English agriculturalist who invented the seed drill in 1701 (4)

Invertebrate animal with five pairs of legs, e.g. a shrimp, lobster or crab (7)

Long narrow steep-sided depression in an ocean floor, a feature of a convergent plate boundary (6)

John ___, US astronaut who became the first American to orbit the earth in 1962 (5)

2014 biblical drama film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly (4)

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In German legend, the demon to whom Faust sold his soul (14)

State capital of Colorado, in the South Platte River Valley east of the Rocky Mountains (6)

US Marshal played by John Wayne in the 1969 western True Grit (7,7)

Derived SI unit of electrical capacitance, named after a 19th-century English physicist (5)

Mimi ___, US actress married to actor Tom Cruise from 1987 to 1990 (6)

Flightless bird such as an ostrich or emu whose breastbone lacks a keel for the attachment of flight muscles (6)

2018 comedy film starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish (5,6)

Administrative capital of Bolivia, in the Andes at an altitude of approximately 3,660 m (12,000 ft) (2,3)

Happening or done in secret; Latin, literally, ‘under the rose’ (3,4)

Gustav ___, composer whose works include the symphonic song cycle Das Lied von der Erde (1908) (6)

Radioactive metallic element of the alkaline earth series discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898 (6)

Category of taste in food produced by glutamates, especially monosodium glutamate; from Japanese, ‘pleasant savoury taste’ (5)

US singer-songwriter born Alecia Beth Moore in 1979 (4)

Blue-flowered herbaceous plant (Linum usitatissimum) from which linseed is obtained (4)

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