BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Solid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and the upper mantle ( 11)

6 Alkaline potassium compound commonly used as a fertiliser, originally obtained from the residue of burned wood ( 6)

9 and 10 French poet chiefly remembered for the 1857 collection Les Fleurs du mal ( The Flowers of Evil) ( 7,10)

11 Monstrous dog of Greek mythology with three ( sometimes fifty) heads who guarded the entrance to Hades ( 8)

12 and 26 Globicephala macrorhynchus or Globicephala melas, belonging to the dolphin family ( Delphinidae) ( 5,5)

13 In mathematics, each of the quantities in a ratio, series, expression etc. ( 4)

16 Projecting canopy of canvas or similar material providing protection from the weather, as on a storefront or over a ship’s deck ( 6)

19 Upcoming 2020 action comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi and Jodie Comer ( 4,3)

21 Social science concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services ( 9)

22 State capital of Hesse in southern Germany, known in Roman times as Aquae Mattiacorum ( 9)

23 Large powerful rough- coated dog breed originating in Flanders, Belgium; from the French for ‘ cowherd’ ( 7)

24 Herbaceous plant of the family Pedaliaceae whose seeds are ground to make the savoury paste tahini ( 6)

25 Thick strong pole on a ship used as a mast, yard, boom, gaff etc. ( 4)

26 See 12

27 Capital of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River near its confluence with the Pilcomayo ( 8)

32 Image or representation of a person or thing such as a robot, statue etc; from Latin, ‘ likeness’ ( 10)

33 and 8 Down President of France from 2007 to

2012, succeeded by François Hollande ( 7,7)

34 André- Marie ___ ( 1775– 1836), French physicist and mathematician who gives his name to the base SI unit of electric current ( 6)

35 Plant of the North American genus Gaultheria, especially G. procumbens, that yields an aromatic minty oil; also called checkerberry ( 11)

DOWN

1 Stand- in, especially for a doctor or a member of the clergy; Latin, ‘ one holding a place’ ( 5,6)

2 Verbenaceous Asian tree yielding a durable yellowish- brown timber; Tectona grandis ( 4)

3 Root vegetable closely related to the turnip, known in North America as rutabaga ( 5)

4 Large fishing port of Denmark, on the North

Sea coast of west Jutland ( 7)

5 State of south- eastern Nigeria created in 1991 from the eastern two- thirds of Anambra state ( 5)

6 ‘ The lunatic, the lover, and the ___’ ( Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream) ( 4)

7 1983 comedy film starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Lee Curtis ( 7,6)

8 See 33 Across

14 Second level of excellence conferred at US graduation ceremonies; Latin, ‘ with great praise’ ( 5,3,5)

15 Lowest body of water on the surface of the Earth, in SW Asia bordered by Israel, Jordan and the West Bank ( 4,3)

17 Southern African country that gained independence from South Africa on March 21, 1990 ( 7)

18 Sugary fluid secreted by plants to attract pollinating insects and animals ( 6)

19 Verb form that has a subject and indicates person, number and tense ( 6)

20 Northern Irish singer- songwriter whose albums include Blowin’ Your Mind! ( 1967) and Three Chords & the Truth ( 2019) ( 3,8)

23 Chemical element 107, produced artificially by bombarding bismuth- 209 with nuclei of chromium- 54 ( 7)

24 Character played by Thomas Haden Church in the 2007 film Spider- Man 3 ( 7)

28 Small mouse- like insectivorous mammal to which the adjective soricine refers ( 5)

29 Any willow tree, especially Salix viminalis, whose flexible branches are used to make baskets and furniture ( 5)

30 Third- oldest university in the United States, founded as the Collegiate School in Connecticut in 1701 ( 4)

31 Ballet movement in which the knees are bent outward while the back remains upright ( 4)