BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 ‘Behind a frowning ___/He hides a smiling face’ (William Cowper Olney
Hymns (1779) (10)
5 Bernard ___, French cyclist who won the Tour de France five times between 1978 and 1985 (7)
10 See 12 Across
11 Tribe of gods in Norse mythology long at war
with the Aesir; Njord, Freyr, Freyja etc. (5)
12 and 10 Across US racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1978 (5,8)
13 City of NW Mexico across the border from, and named in complement to, the Californian city of Calexico (8)
14 and 26 Down Baroque landmark in Rome, Italy, designed by architect Nicola Salvi in 1732 (5,8)
15 Any plant of the plumbaginaceous genus Limonium, also known as the sea lavenders (7)
18 Condition of increased pressure within an eye, typically resulting from blockage of the flow of the aqueous humour (8)
20 Seventh-largest and second most populous
country in the world (5)
22 Standard monetary unit of Ghana, divided
into 100 pesewas (4)
23 One of the three primary subtractive colours, producing black when combined with yellow and magenta (4)
24 Deepest of the Scottish lochs, reportedly
home to a monster called Morag (5)
27 Nitrogenous alkaloid compound with a stimulant effect first isolated by German chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge in 1819 (8)
29 Strong polar wind of the South American pampas, typically blowing south or southwest during the winter (7)
31 Eight- or ten-armed Hindu warrior goddess whose feats include slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura (5)
32 Flat brimless cap which was worn by certain Scottish regiments such as the Black Watch (8)
34 and 2 Down Character played by Bob Hoskins in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (5,7) 35 Daughter of Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), who narrates the novel (5)
36 Creamy Dutch liqueur made with eggs, sugar
and brandy, often eaten with a spoon (8)
37 Hardy red-skinned variety of potato first
grown in the Netherlands in 1962 (7)
38 Citrullus lanatus, family Cucurbitaceae,
sometimes grown in cubic form in Japan (10)
DOWN
1 Fifth month of the French revolutionary calendar (1793–1805), falling within January and February; the rainy month (8)
2 See 34 Across
3 Christian hermit or recluse, as opposed to a
member of a communal order (coenobite) (7)
4 and 33 Down English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (7,5)
6 In printin g, a figure of a pointing hand used to draw attention to a note, paragraph etc. (5)
7 Member of the Roman Catholic Church who supports papal over national or diocesan authority (12)
8 Fifth-largest island of the West Indies, separated from Venezuela by the Gulf of Paria (8)
9 Largest island of the Azores, popularly
known as the ‘Ilha Verde’ (Green Island) (3,6)
16 Fourth of the six wives of Henry VIII, whom he reputedly described as ‘a Flanders Mare’ (4,2,6)
17 Nickname of Scott Baio’s Charles Arcola in the 1974-84 US sitcom Happy Days (6) 19 Hindu, Buddhist and Jain philosophy of nonviolence toward all living things; from Sanskrit, ‘without injury’ (6)
21 Star of the 2022 superhero film Morbius (5,4) 25 Weapon accessory whose parts may include a throat and chape (8)
26 See 14 Across
28 Large order of tailed amphibians that comprises the salamanders and newts (7) 29 Thin flat board on which an artist arranges and mixes paints (7)
30 Fine closely woven cotton fabric similar to cambric, used especially for bedsheets (7) 33 See 4 Down