FRIDAY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
9 James I’s Lord Chancellor who wrote Novum
Organum (5)
10 Genus of plants with red, black or white currants used to make French bar-le-duc jelly (5)
11 A term for a $1 billion tech start-up (7)
13 Word used to describe fine or pleasant weather conditions; or, a type of market or expo (4)
14 Preparatory sculpture or maquette in clay or wax (5) 15 Substance derived from olives, nuts, etc used in art, cookery, aromatherapy ... (3) 16 Red —; Galliform of heather moorland used as the emblem of a brand of whisky and the journal
British Birds (6)
17 An aid to navigation at sea such as a buoy or lighthouse (6)
18 Rate of motion or action; or, an old word for success or prosperity (5)
20 The Wind in the Willows, author (7)
22 Mark symbolising a kiss in a letter or greetings card (5)
24 Large posy; or, a compliment (7)
26 Hessian-, muslin- or gauze-like open-weave cloth (5)
28 Pen name of the author of How Pearl Button Was
Kidnapped (9)
29 Motion picture; or, a medium for capturing photographs (4)
31 Triangular savoury pastry snack or turnover flavoured with spices (6)
33 A ship or army’s supplies of provisions, equipment, arms etc (6)
35 A spell of riding a wave, searching the internet or channel-hopping (4)
36 Meeting in which an employer assesses an applicant’s suitability for a job (9)
39 Vedic poet; or, a Hindu sage (5)
41 Tassel, cord or hook for draping a curtain to the side of a window (7)
42 Composer whose works include An English Suite (5) 43 A word for groups of cobras (7)
44 Hanging seat on which to sway; or, electoral change (5)
46 Fruit related to apples, pears and medlars (6)
48 Painter Jan Brueghel the Elder’s nickname (6)
50 Equality in score, also called a draw; or, item of neckwear (3)
51 In heraldry, a twisted strand also called a wreath (5)
52 Greek love god (4)
53 Type of control surface or aerofoil used to adjust the balance of an aircraft mid-flight (7)
54 Ruffle or frill of gathered cloth (5)
55 Director of The Dark Knight triology (5)
DOWN
1 Effigies set up in fields to deter birds from crops (10) 2 The shadow-caster of a sundial (6)
3 Prevailing winds also called easterlies (6)
4 The shepherd brother of Cain (4)
5 Gilbert —; antagonist in Henry James’ novel The
Portrait of a Lady who marries Isabel Archer (6)
6 Electromagnetic radiation emanating from the star at the centre of our solar system (8)
7 Figures, plans and other visual representations of information such as bar graphs, family trees, flow charts, scatter plots or mind maps (8)
8 From the Balti Tibetan meaning “ball”, a game on horseback (4)
9 Pair of game birds; or, curly bracket (5)
12 The Unfortunate Traveller, author (5)
19 French word for a small ornamental case for sewing articles, tweezers, make-up pencils etc (4)
21 Latin word for gold (5) 22 Book division; or, branch of a secret society (7)
23 Boat’s canvases; or, a windmill’s vanes (5)
24 Corollas of campanulas; or, cries of rutting stags (5) 25 Measure used to express the quantity of pure alcohol in a drink (4)
27 Novel or whodunnit based on a puzzling crime; an enigmatic person; or, an old word for a craft or trade (7)
30 The capital of Belarus (5) 31 A search; a lottery; or, a timepiece’s second hand (5) 32 A type of woody plant whose embryonic leaves are called cotyledons (4)
34 Swiss-style potato fritter (5)
37 Strands of pasta of thickness between angel hair and spaghetti; or, chocolate sprinkles (10)
38 Gold or silver thread used for Indian embroidery or brocade (4)
40 Public persona; or, an equation which is always true (8)
41 Item of laboratory glassware for heating and mixing chemicals (4,4)
43 Expedition by a knight in medieval romance; or, the object of a search (5)
44 Shetlandic and Orcadian word for a small island (6) 45 Outdoor area for the cultivation of plants that features in its landscaped form an element such as a folly, grotto or maze or a combination of such (6)
46 Playing cards ranking between kings and jacks (6) 47 Flock of kingfishers (5) 49 Part of a nun’s headdress; piece of tulle, organza, lace or net to conceal a bride’s face (4)
51 Equestrian equipment; or, a course of action (4)