BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

Derived SI unit of radioactivity that replaced the curie in 1975 ( 9)

Sluice or gate for controlling the flow of water, originally used in watermills ( 8) Descriptive word or phrase added to a person’s name, as in Alexander the Great or Ivan the Terrible ( 7)

10 South African golfer who won the British Open

in 1959, 1968 and 1974 ( 4,6)

11 Second- largest country of South America, occupying most of the southern half of the continent east of the Andes ( 9)

12 Deepest loch in Scotland, in the North West Highlands south- east of Mallaig ( 5)

Dessert of whipped cream mixed with crushed meringue and fruit, usually strawberries ( 4,4)

Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter teth ( 5)

17 Highest point of the celestial sphere from an observer’s perspective, exactly opposite the nadir ( 6)

19 Bitter aromatic bark of two South American trees of the family Rutaceae, formerly used medicinally to reduce fever ( 9)

21 Legal document constituting evidence of

ownership, especially of real property ( 5,4)

22 Largest island of the Greek Dodecanese group,

and the easternmost in the Aegean Sea ( 6)

23 Genus of flowering Asian plants of the family

Asparagaceae known as the plantain lilies ( 5)

27 Closed electric circuit through which a signal

can circulate ( 4)

28 Small brightly- coloured tropical fish ( Poecilia reticulata or Lebistes reticulatus) popular in aquariums; sometimes called rainbow fish ( 5)

29 Pseudonym of English author Emily Brontë, under which she published her only novel ( Wuthering Heights, 1847) ( 5,4)

33 Compact white breed of riding and carriage horse made famous by the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria ( 10)

34 Department in the Nouvelle- Aquitaine region of

southern France whose capital is Tulle ( 7)

35 Dry or semi- sweet white wine produced in the Lazio region of central Italy, chiefly from Malvasia and Trebbiano grapes ( 8)

In Norse mythology, the giant ash tree at the centre of the universe whose roots extend into earth, heaven and hell ( 9)

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Low- lying route in the Alps connecting Innsbruck, Austria, with Bolzano, Italy ( 7,4) Coarse fibre obtained from the outer husk of coconuts, used for ropes, matting etc. ( 4)

3 Space below the main design on a coin, typically inscribed with information such as the year of minting ( 7)

4 In the Roman Catholic Church, a personal representative of the Pope sent to a foreign nation or church district ( 6)

5 Juan Domingo ___, President of 11 Across from 1946– 55 and 1973– 4 ( 5)

Back part of the neck, indicated by the adjective nuchal ( 4)

1929 play by A. A. Milne adapted from Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows ( 1908) ( 4,2,4,4)

8 BBC teletext service launched on 23 September 1974 and discontinued on 23 October 2012 ( 6)

11 Actor who stars alongside Olivia Colman in the

2020 drama film The Father ( 7,7)

14 Non- technical name for the incus bone of the

middle ear ( 5)

16 King of Mycenae in Greek mythology to whom Aerope bore the sons Agamemnon and Menelaus ( 6)

17 Largest city of Switzerland, founded as Turicum

by the Romans around 58 BC ( 6)

18 Robert ___, English soldier who founded the Boy Scout movement in 1908 ( 5- 6) Diacritical mark placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a ‘ ny’ sound, as in señor ( 5) Fat- soluble organic compound such as a bile acids or D vitamin, characterised by a molecular structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings ( 7)

1994 science fiction comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson ( 6)

Fictitious person popularized by US servicemen during World War II, usually as the supposed writer of inscriptions on walls ( 6)

Sixth- largest island of Hawaii, separated from Maui to the east by the Auau Channel ( 5)

Old Testament book presenting the history of the Jews from around 538 to c440 BC ( 4) See 13 Across