£1,000 Crossword
ACROSS
1 Immoral or unethical behaviour, especially by a professional person (10) 5 The fame and prestige of being a celebrity in films, sport, etc (7)
10 Roald _, Norwegian explorer and navigator; leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole (8) 11 Variety of cabbage having a large edible head of crowded white flowers on a very short thick stem (11)
12 Brief, informal written notes (8)
13 Tim _, first British citizen to be selected as an astronaut by the European Space Agency (5)
14 Soft limbless larvae of insects such as the housefly and blowfly (7)
17 A person who designs, constructs or maintains machines or structures (8) 20 James _, Irish author whose works included the novel Finnegans Wake (1939) (5) 21 A mythological princess of Tyre who founded Carthage and became its queen (4)
22 Coloured liquids used for writing, printing or drawing (4)
23 In Spanish cuisine, light snacks or appetisers (5)
26 Formerly, the subject of a sovereign or feudal lord (8)
28 A supplementary injection of a vaccine given to maintain the immunisation provided by an earlier dose (7) 30 A braised meat stew (5) 31 _ bug, a long-legged, predatory, often bloodsucking, insect (8)
33 Irish-born philosopher and politician; wrote Reflections On The Revolution In France (1790) (6,5) 34 Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose (8)
35 Jan _, three-time Olympic gold medallist who holds the world record in the javelin (7)
36 A lack of ability to read and write (10)
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1 American political activist assassinated in New York City in 1965 (7,1)
2 Will _, captain of England’s rugby union team 59 times from 1988 to 96 (7) 3 Loose folds of skin hanging from beneath the throat in cattle, dogs, etc (7)
4 A heavy iron lever with one pointed end and the other forged into a wedge shape (7)
6 A jeering remark (5) 7 A substance that kills bacteria, used for cleaning kitchens and bathrooms, etc (12)
8 A government department which deals with a particular area of activity (8) 9 High-quality black tea grown in an area of West Bengal in north-east India (10) 15 A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with small hammers (12)
16 The belief in the existence of a god or gods (6)
18 A small cave; one with attractive features (6) 19 A collective noun for a group of ravens (10)
24 Island in San Francisco Bay, California; site of a federal prison (1934-63) (8) 25 Tom _, cricketer who played in 79 Tests for England in the 1950s and 1960s (8)
27 A state of confusion, disorder, uncertainty or great anxiety (7)
28 Gian Lorenzo _, Italian painter, architect and sculptor, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture (7)
29 Informally, a person who lives in or comes from Liverpool (7)
32 Form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy a public place and refuse to move as a protest (3-2)