PUZZLES

Crossword and Sudoku brain-teasers.

ACROSS

1 Born in Paris and orphaned aged 10, a writer remembered for a number of novels including The Moon and Sixpence, The Painted Veil and Cakes and Ale (7)

5 Japanese _______; autumn-flowering herbaceous perennial with cultivars including white Honorine Jobert and pink Hadspen Abundance (7)

9 Strip or twist of puff pastry baked with grated parmesan; natural material used for animal bedding, hats and thatching; or, a pale yellow colour (5)

12 Sussex _____; made from strips of sweet chestnut and willow, traditional baskets for garden produce and flowers (5)

13 Gondola, T-bar, cable car, funifor, funitel: a system for transporting winter sportsmen/ women up mountains (3,4)

14 Meaning “living flowers”, traditional Japanese art of floristry or “kadō” (7)

15 Large metal containers formerly used for transporting milk; or, machines for converting cream into butter (6)

16 Forming parts of Kenya, Tanzania and Brazil, ecological regions also called tropical grasslands (8)

17 The _____ of Miss Jean Brodie; novel by Muriel Spark that was adapted into a film with Maggie Smith in 1969 (5)

19 Renowned for its harbour and opera house, the capital of New South Wales and mostpopulous Australian city (6)

21 Canine such as a border collie for herding livestock or field trials (8)

23 Containing protein and biotin (Vitamin B7) essential for hair, skin and nails, foods/ ingredients served scrambled, boiled, poached or fried (4)

27 Caffè _________; espresso-based beverage with crema as a result of the hot water (9)

30 Male ferrets; parts of cookers with hotplates; or, stakes used in quoits (4)

31 English potter who founded a company noted for its blue and white chinoiserie Willow pattern (6)

34 The __________; film with Kate Winslet based on a novel by Rosalie Ham (10)

35 Old World thrushes with melodious songs at dawn, dusk and after rain (10)

37 Heraldic banner traditionally carried into battle by a cavalry regiment as a distinguishing symbol (6)

38 13th-century Persian Sufi poet and philosopher who wrote the Masnavi (4)

39 Another name for the card game patience; a game played with pegs; a ring set with a single diamond; or, a song covered by The Carpenters (9)

41 Writing points of fountain pens and quills; or, shelled, roasted and crushed coffee, cacao or cocoa beans (4)

43 Captain Corelli’s ________; novel set in Cephalonia by Louis de Bernières (8)

45 French interior designer whose products include ghost chairs and the Allesi Juicy Salif citrus squeezer (6)

49 Word forming the names of many counties of England, Scotland and Wales; or, a breed of draught horse (5)

50 A board game for two players (8)

52 Inspired by The Snow Queen, a 2013 Walt Disney Animation Studios film with the song Let It Go (6)

55 First man/human to travel in space (7)

56 Fretted, stringed instruments sometimes played with plectrums (7)

57 Name of a beach in the city described in 19 Across (5)

58 Flowers traditionally arranged in bowl-like vases with perforated lids (5)

59 One of the names for valerian (7)

60 Style exemplified in works and designs by René Lalique, Erte, William Van Alen and Tamara de Lempicka (3,4)

DOWN

1 Foreigners living in ancient Athens without citizenship rights (6)

2 From the Guarani meaning “river of the painted birds”, a South American country with the capital Montevideo (7)

3 Meaning “flourishing spring” in Cantonese, a variety of fine Chinese green tea, also called Lucky Dragon (5)

4 Short name for potatoes blended with milk and butter; or, a novel by Richard Hooker based on the Korean War (4)

5 General name for the 1.2 million known species of organisms studied in zoology and classified in taxonomy (7)

6 Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Queen of England from 1558-1603 (9,1)

7 English dramatist whose plays include Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot and What the Butler Saw (5)

8 Swedish football coach who was twice World Cup manager with England (8)

9 Member of a Nepalese people renowned for mountaineering skills (6)

10 One the three Rs (7)

11 Blue _____; largest living animal (5)

18 Monogrammed, silk, cotton, striped, paisley ... loose jacket and drawstring-trousers combo with Indian origins (7)

20 From the Hindu meaning “eyeˇs delight”, a muslin-like textile (8)

22 Small cobbles found on beaches (7)

24 Latin word meaning “left” used in heraldry; the opposite of “dexter” (8)

25 Garment forming part of a twinset (8)

26 Italian bread eaten with olive oil or filled and pressed as a picnic sandwich (8)

28 Fragrant oleoresin harvested from a tropical tree, used for essential oil (5)

29 Strait also known as the Sound (7)

32 A group of seven articulating bones in each of the human feet (5)

33 German word for a castle/chateau (7)

36 Book for identifying birds, wild flowers, trees etc in their natural habitats (5,5)

40 Related to plants including coffee, bedstraw and madder, a fragrant flower for indoors, orangery or conservatory (8)

42 Oscar-winning actor who starred in films including The Fisher King, The Big Lebowski, Seabiscuit and Crazy Heart (7)

44 Seven-a-side team game with playing positions abbreviated to GK, GD, WD, C, WA, GA and GS (7)

46 Post-Impressionist who painted The Card Players and The Bathers (7)

47 Puzzle video game based on matching coloured tiles (6)

48 Dye obtained from a plant in the pea family; or, a colour between blue and purple on a traditional colour wheel (6)

49 First name of the character played by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot (5)

51 _____ Falls; the highest uninterrupted cascade of water in the world (5)

53 The capital of Morocco (5)

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