BIG PRIZE X-WORD

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1 Gloucestershire town known in Roman times as Corinium (11)

6 Washington city on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle (6)

9 In mathematics, a positive or negative whole number or zero (7)

10 1897 Anton Chekov play named after the character Ivan Petrovich

Voynitsky (5,5)

11 Tenth month of the French revolutionary calendar, originally running from

June 19 to July 18 (8)

12 North American carbonated drink topped with a scoop of ice cream (5)

13 Amorphous, iridescent form of hydrated silica, used as a gemstone (4)

16 Any open-chain hydrocarbon of the series that includes methane, butane etc. (6)

19 High-speed naval warship smaller and less heavily armed than a battleship (7)

21 Sixth-largest moon of Saturn, discovered by William Herschel in 1789 (9)

22 Most populous city of Alaska, a port in the south at the head of Cook Inlet (9)

23 & 24 British Labour statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951 (7,6)

25 South East Asia’s only

landlocked country, originating as the kingdom of Lan Xang in 1353 (4)

26 Ancient measure of length derived from the human forearm, typically about 18 inches (5)

27 Full first names of Larry Hagman’s J. R. Ewing in TV’S Dallas (1978–91) (4,4)

32 1848 William Makepeace Thackeray novel named after a location in John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress (6,4)

33 Italian aniseed-flavoured

liqueur (7)

34 State of SW India formed in 1956; capital, Thiruvananthapuram (6)

35 1986 John le Carré novel telling the life story of double agent Magnus

Pym (1,7,3)

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1 2015 gothic romance film starring Mia Wasikowska and Tom Hiddleston (7,4)

2 Unleavened bread made from wheat flour and cooked on a griddle, originally from the Indian subcontinent (4)

3 Very thin pancake, often rolled or folded around a filling (5)

4 Crystalline derivative of cysteine found in bile, named after the Latin for bull (7)

5 Right-hand page of an open book, or the front of a loose document (5) 6 ‘And the leaves of the ___ were for the healing of the nations’ (Revelation 22:2) (4)

7 Frankish ruler of Austrasia from 715 to 741; grandfather of Charlemagne (7,6)

8 Most expensive property on a London Monopoly board (7)

14 1997-2001 Canadian action drama series starring Peta Wilson and Roy

Dupuis (2,5,6)

15 Capital city and chief port of Madeira, on the southern coast (7)

17 Bully in TV’S The Simpsons often found in the company of Jimbo and Dolph (7)

18 Hard chewy confectionery made from egg whites sweetened with sugar or honey, usually mixed with nuts or dried fruit (6)

19 Three-valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet but more compact (6)

20 2017 animated film featuring the voices of Alec Baldwin and Tobey Maguire (3,4,4)

23 ‘But screw your ___ to the sticking-place’ (Shakespeare Macbeth act 1 sc. 7) (7)

24 Liverpool racecourse on which the Grand National steeplechase has been run since 1839 (7)

28 Largest city of Nebraska, on the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa (5)

29 Series of notes arranged in ascending or descending order of pitch, especially within the compass of one

octave (5)

30 Small constellation of the

northern hemisphere near

Cygnus and Draco; brightest star, Vega (4) 31 One of the four suits in