BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD

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1 Chart-topping 1981 hit by English band Adam and the Ants, from the album Prince Charming (5,3,7)

10 Tropical American tree (Pimenta dioica) also known as pimento and Jamaica pepper (8) 11 Small faint northern constellation in which the Pole Star is located (4,5) 12 Radioactive isotope of hydrogen produced in nuclear reactors by neutron activation of lithium-6; from Greek, ‘third’ (7)

13 Natural earth pigment coloured by a ferric oxide such as haematite (red) or limonite (yellow) (5)

15 Upcoming 2020 animated film featuring the voices of Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey (4) 16 Long thread-like extension of a nerve cell that transmits impulses outward from the cell body (4)

17 Muscle attached to the zygomatic bone of the cheek that closes the jaw when chewing (8) 18 Segment of the outer whorl (perianth) of a flower that is not clearly differentiated into a calyx and a corolla (5)

20 British children’s comic in which the character of Dan Dare was introduced on 14 April 1950 (5) 22 Category of painting in which ordinary people are depicted engaged in common, often domestic, activities (5)

25 First decisive battle of the Hundred Years’ War, in which the English under Edward III defeated the French forces of Philip VI (1346) (5) 27 Port city in the Liguria region of northern Italy; the country’s chief naval base (2,6) 28 Fungal disease of plants, especially cereals, characterised by the growth of black powdery spores resembling soot (4)

30 Annual horse race for 3-year-old fillies run annually at 32 since 1779 (4)

32 Surrey town that gives its name to a medicinal preparation of hydrated magnesium sulphate (5) 33 Henry ___, English composer whose Dido and Aeneas (1689) is one of the earliest known English operas (7)

35 Maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation measured from a mean or zero point (9) 36 Family of flowering plants of the order Malpighiales to which the flaxes belong (8) 37 1941 piracy and romance novel by English author Daphne du Maurier (10,5)

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2 State capital of Florida; from Creek, ‘old town’ (11)

3 Wild European plant of the family Asteraceae; Bellis perennis (5)

4 Black compound of sulphur with silver, lead or copper used to fill decorative etched lines on metal (6)

5 Street in London’s West End on which the Theatre Royal is located (5,4) 6 Country, formerly Basutoland (1884–1966), forming an enclave in the Republic of South Africa (7)

7 Alternative name for an architrave; from Greek, ‘upon pillar’ (8)

8 Mild white Cypriot cheese with a salty flavour and rubbery texture, often eaten fried or grilled (8)

9 Revolving cylindrical sieve used for washing and sizing pieces of ore or coal; German, ‘drum’ (7)

14 Capacity of a body or system to do work, measured in joules (6)

15 Rear part of a ship or boat, lying opposite the bow or stem (5)

18 Region on the side of the head at the junction of the frontal, parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones of the skull (6)

19 Fraudulent investment scheme in which supposed profits are paid to early investors using money from later investors (5,6) 21 Hard brittle substance to which the adjective vitreous relates (5)

23 Cold-blooded animal whose body temperature is maintained by absorbing heat from its environment; i.e. any animal except birds and mammals (9)

24 In boxing slang, a wild swinging punch delivered with force (8)

25 Prince after whom the second of C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia is named (7)

26 Of a letter or advertisement, distributed to a large number of people (8)

29 Any invertebrate of the phylum that includes the snails, slugs, mussels, octopuses etc. (7) 31 Fine white clay produced by the decomposition of feldspar and other minerals, used to make porcelain and bone china (6) 34 Extinct Semitic language of ancient Carthage, developed from Phoenician (5)