Crossword and Sudoku brain-teasers.
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11 Author of six major novels including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park, all of which have been adapted to screen (6)
12 Flat-leaved or curly, a herb used for fish pie, roux-based sauces, salsa verde, tabbouleh, chimichurri or garnishes (7)
13 Born in Limoges in 1841, an artist who painted The Theatre Box, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, Luncheon of the Boating Party and The Umbrellas (6)
14 In IT, abbreviation of a form of markup language used for creating web pages (4)
15 With an elevation of 15,777 ft, the highest mountain in the Alps and Europe, site of Chamonix in its foothills (4,5)
16 ______ at Hanging Rock; novel by Time Without Clocks author Joan Lindsay, adapted into a recent mini-series (6)
17 Crouch-like glute-, hip- and thighstrengthening exercise also performed in the yoga posture mālāsana (5) 18 Reaching speeds of up to 200 mph when stooping and most often found above sea cliffs, the UK’s biggest species of falcon and the world’s fastest bird (9)
21 Life-long friend of Ralph Vaughan Williams who composed The Planets (5)
24 Consisting of bramble, dog rose, elder, blackthorn and other plants intertwined, type of boundary forming the landscape of the British countryside (8)
27 Plot of garden for vegetables such as cabbages or pumpkins; a type of cloth badge; or, a piece of code to improve or correct a computer program (5)
28 French lexicographer noted for his Dictionnaire de la Langue Française (6)
30 Conductor who instituted the first “Prom” concert aged 26 and arranged the Fantasia on British Sea Songs (4)
32 Type of valley or ravine; or, a fielding position in cricket (5)
33 Type of sailing vessel used for racing, day cruising or sport-fishing (5)
35 General name for a secret language solved or written in cryptography (4)
36 Entrance to an underground mine (4)
37 Furniture items also known as bureaus, davenports, escritoires and secretaires (5)
39 Tree associated with Celtic god Fagus, used in the art of pleaching (5)
40 Red, yellow, green, blue or black, one of the five interlocking shapes forming the symbol of the Olympic Games (4)
41 ______ Crown; 2,000 Guineas Stakes, the Derby and St Leger Stakes collectively (6)
43 Grain stalks stored in bales (5)
44 Outdoor ________; activities such as wild swimming, cycling, orienteering ... (8)
46 Item attached to a fishing line; a plasterer’s trowel; or, a retro fizzy drink with a scoop of ice cream (5)
48 _________ huts; traditional shelters for farm workers, used in the present day for glamping or as summer houses (9)
50 Pack of cards formed of a major arcana and a minor arcana set (5)
54 Whisky ______; novel by The Monarch of the Glen author Compton Mackenzie (6)
55 Antioxidant-rich fruit resembling a sloe, often eaten for breakfast (9)
58 The ____; nickname of London’s rapid transport system with a map originally designed by Harry Beck in 1931 (4)
59 Willow twigs used to make hampers (6)
60 Author whose Swallows and Amazons book series features his fictional locale Wild Cat Island (7)
61 ______ Express; passenger train operated by the company founded by Georges Nagelmackers (6)
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1 Private island in the Grenadines, where Princess Margaret’s former residence Les Jolies Eaux is located (8)
2 First name of Paul McCartney’s fashiondesigner daughter (6)
3 Treasure-guarding sprite (5)
4 Cake used for a Victoria sandwich; or, one of the world’s simplest animals (6)
5 Decapod crustacean found on a seashore or in a rock pool for example (4)
6 Largest island of the Tuscan archipelago; place of Napoleon’s first exile (4)
7 Spring flowering plant in the lily family often “forced” to bloom indoors (8)
8 Clay pigeon-hurling devices; bunkers on golf courses; or, pony-drawn carriages (5)
9 It’s a ________; game show that once featured Prince Edward and the Duke of York (8)
10 Brightest star in the night sky (6)
19 The _____ Space; Peter Brook book (5)
20 Water vole character in Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (5)
22 Senior military rank above colonel (9)
23 Professional arrow-makers (9)
25 In dressmaking, one of a series of triangular inserts forming peplum silhouettes of skirts, jackets or tops (5)
26 One of England’s smallest cities, site of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew and Bishop’s Palace (5)
29 French sculptor whose notable works include The Burghers of Calais, The Kiss and The Thinker (5)
31 In biological classification, taxonomic rank above a family, below class (5)
34 Radiohead’s debut single (5)
35 Ionian island where Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals is set (5)
38 Sequence of comic illustrations; a row of at least three connected stamps; or, a football kit with team colours (5)
39 Late singer-songwriter whose albums include The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Let’s Dance and Blackstar (5)
42 The males of the birds used as national emblems of India (8) 43 Composer of the Trout Quintet (8)
45 Brass instrument played by the musician described in 21 Across (8)
47 Literary critic who wrote The Great Tradition and co-founded Scrutiny (6)
49 Birth county of William Barnes and Thomas Hardy that inspired authors including Enid Blyton and Ian McEwan (6)
51 René ______; ‘Allo ‘Allo! character portrayed by Gorden Kaye (6)
52 Formed inside an oyster and known collectively as a string or a rope as a necklace, one of the June birthstones (5)
53 Admiral known as “Foul-weather Jack” whose account of being shipwrecked is said to have inspired parts of his grandson’s poem Don Juan (5)
56 One of the two long bones in forearm with the radius (4)
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