BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD

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1 ITV series that won the BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy in 1978 (6,4) 5 Building in Toronto, Canada, that was the world’s tallest free-standing structure from 1976 to 2007 (2,5) 10 Northernmost of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, a Crown Colony, now a UK Overseas Territory, since 1980 (8) 11 Spencer __, Oscar-winning star of the films Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys’ Town (1938) (5) 12 Collection of ancient manuscript texts in book form; from Latin, ‘tree trunk’ or ‘wooden block’ (5) 13 Person involved in the collection or scientific study of bird eggs (8) 14 Japanese rice wine, sweeter and less alcoholic than sake, used in dishes such as teriyaki (5) 15 Small faint northern constellation between Cygnus and Andromeda; the Lizard (7) 18 Sir John __, English poet who served as Poet laureate from 1972 to 1984 (8) 20 Oldest national park in Canada, established in the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta in 1885 (5) 22 NASA space probe launched on 16 October 2021 to study the Trojan asteroids that share the orbit of Jupiter (4) 23 Tide occurring shortly after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high and low water (4) 24 SI unit of luminous flux, chiefly used in categorising lighted bulbs and LEDs; Latin, ‘light’ (5) 27 See 37 29 Landlocked country in the Caucasus of western Asia that was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991 (7) 31 Full form of the Latin abbreviation i.e., meaning ‘that is’ (2,3) 32 Organic compound with a molecular structure closely similar to another but differing slightly in composition (8) 34 and 35 Filipino journalist who shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov (5,5) 36 ‘Sooner State’ of the south-central US, named from Choctaw words meaning ‘red people’ (8) 37 and 27 Welsh actor who played Q in 17 James Bond films between 1963 and 1999 (7,8) 38 Luigi __, Italian author of works including The Turn (novel, 1902) and Six Characters in Search of an Author (play, (1921); Nobel Prize for Literature (1934) (10)

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1 Area where heavy industry such as steel production is in decline, especially in the NE states and Midwest of the US (4,4) 2 Professional name of US rapper, actor and filmmaker O’Shea Jackson Sr, born in 1969 (3,4) 3 Former standard monetary unit of Greece replaced by the euro in 2002 (7) 4 Large island of the west-central Philippines separated from Luzon by the Verde Island Passage (7) 6 and 17 Lead guitarist of the fictional rock band Spinal Tap, played by actor Christopher Guest (5,6) 7 German psychologist who originated the term IQ (Intelligenz-Quotient) in 1912 (7,5) 8 Substance to the left of the arrow in a chemical equation, with the product to the right (8) 9 Dye made by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid, recorded in Europe since the 18th century (5,4) 16 US bodybuilder known as ‘The World’s Most Perfectly Developed Man’, born Angelo Siciliano in 1896 (7,5) 17 See 6 19 Astronaut played by Charlton Heston in the 1968 sci-fi film Planet of the Apes (6) 21 Informal name for the Federal National Mortgage Association, derived from its initials (6,3) 25 Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds of plant origin that affect human physiology, e.g. morphine, quinine, caffeine etc. (8) 26 Lively Spanish courtship dance first recorded in 1712, traditionally accompanied by castanets, hand-clapping and guitars (8) 28 Italian cocktail comprising one part gin, one part vermouth and one part Campari (7) 29 US city that hosted the 26th Summer Olympics in 1996 (7) 30 Capital of Uganda during the period of British rule, replaced by Kampala in 1962 (7) 33 Part of the human body to which the adjective inguinal relates (5)