BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD

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1 Coastal resort of SE Mexico whose name means ‘nest of snakes’ in Mayan (6) 4 Largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe, in Wiltshire approximately 16 miles north of Stonehenge (7,4) 9 Sweet New Zealand apple originating in 1952 as a chance hybrid of the Lady Hamilton and Granny Smith (8) 10 Director of the upcoming 2021 action film Fast & Furious 9 (6,3) 11 Standard monetary unit of 33 Across, divided into 100 dirhams (5) 12 See 36 14 Of a heraldic field or charge, covered with many identical small bearings in a regular pattern (4) 17 Short decorative foot at the end of a principal stroke of a letter, as in typography and calligraphy (5) 18 Technical name for the hip or hip joint, or the basal segment of an arthropod’s leg (4) 19 Second-largest city of Venezuela, founded as Nueva Zamora in 1574 (9) 21 Friedrich ___, German educator who founded the first kindergarten in Blankenburg, Thüringen, in 1837 (7) 22 Public walk or promenade lined with trees, especially poplars, in Spain and Spanishspeaking areas (7) 25 Narrow strip of land projecting into a body of water; Latin, literally, ‘almost an island’ (9) 27 Longest river of Spain, used as the dividing line between Rome and the Carthaginians following the First Punic War (264-241 BC) (4) 28 Canadian rapper and singer whose albums include the UK chart-toppers Views (2016) and Scorpion (2018) (5) 29 ‘Only the monstrous anger of the ___’ (Wilfred Owen ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ (1917) (4) 31 Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and brother of Electra (7) 33 Sheikhdom on the west coast of the Persian Gulf administered as a British protectorate from 1916 to 1971 (5) 36 and 12 Synthetic compound, first prepared in 1865, used in the manufacture of textile fibres, photographic films, varnishes etc. (9,7) 37 Structure resembling or acting like a pulley, especially the surface of a bone over which a tendon passes (8) 38 Crumbly white cheese similar to Cheshire and Caerphilly, originated by French Cistercian monks in North Yorkshire in 1150 (11) 39 One of the two regions of Italy, along with Reggio Emilia, legally permitted to produce balsamic vinegar (6)

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1 Lidded chalice-like vessel used in Christian churches to hold the Eucharist (8) 2 Large pincer-like claw of an arthropod such as a crab or scorpion (5) 3 See 32 4 and 35 Shock wave produced when an aircraft or other object exceeds the speed of sound (Mach 1) (5,4) 5 Second month of the French revolutionary calendar (1793–1805), extending from Oct 23 to Nov 21; the month of mist (8) 6 Chemical element 104, synthesised in 1969 by bombarding californium-249 with carbon-12 ions (13) 7 ‘With mine own ___ I give away my crown’ (Shakespeare Richard II (1595) (5) 8 Canadian actress who played Miss Moneypenny in 14 Eon-produced James Bond films from 1962 to 1985 (4,7) 13 and 30 Medicinal preparation of hydrated magnesium sulphate used especially as a purgative (5,5) 15 Shaggy-coated British dog breed thought to descend from Polish lowland sheepdogs brought to Scotland in 1514 (7,6) 16 Land-owning military noble of Japan from the 10th century to 1871 appointed by the shogun; ‘great name’ (6) 18 In cricket, one of the four lines (popping, bowling or return) used to define the positions of the bowler and batsman (6) 20 1950 drama film awarded six Oscars, including Best Motion Picture and Best Director for Joseph L. Mankiewicz (3,5,3) 23 Hardy subspecies of wheat having bearded ears and spikelets containing two light-red kernels, now typically eaten as a health food (5) 24 Any brightly-coloured butterfly of the group that includes the red admiral, Camberwell beauty etc. (8) 26 Capital of the state of Tripura in NE India, situated near the border with Bangladesh (8) 30 See 13 32 and 3 Privately, in confidence; French, literally, ‘between ourselves’ (5,4) 34 Small sap-sucking insect of the order Hemiptera also known by names including plant louse, greenfly and ant cow (5) 35 See 4