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Dianthus caryophyllus, more commonly known as the carnation (5,4)
Smooth part of the forehead between and just above the eyebrows (8)
9 Brisk lively musical composition typically replacing a minuet in a sonata or symphony; Italian, ‘jest’ (7)
10 Poisonous plant of the potato family known in North America as jimson weed; Datura stramonium (5,5)
11 Fish-eating diving duck of the subfamily Anatinae closely related to the goosander and smew (9)
12 Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology, typically depicted holding a lyre or cithara (5) Capital and most populous city of Qatar, in the east on the Persian Gulf (4)
15 Wife of Elimelech and mother of Mahlon and
Chilion (5)
17 Total output of a painter, composer, author etc:
Latin via French, ‘works’ (6)
19 Prime Minister of Japan succeeded by
Yoshihide Suga on 16 September 2020 (6,3)
21 Person who leads a congregation or choir in
the sung parts of a Christian church service (9)
22 Largest of the five boroughs of New York City,
lying at the western end of Long Island (6)
23 Sweet French liqueur made from brandy flavoured with bitter almonds or peach kernels (5)
27 Second-largest country of the Middle East, in SW Asia between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf (4)
28 First and largest compartment of a ruminant mammal’s stomach, also known as the paunch (5)
29 Cocktail of whiskey, sweet vermouth and Angostura bitters, often garnished with cherries (9)
33 Radioactive metallic element of the lanthanide series artificially produced by the fission of uranium; atomic no: 61 (10)
34 Area around the altar in a Christian church that
includes the sanctuary and choir (7)
35 Pseudonym of French novelist Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842); Le Rouge et le noir (1830), La Chartreuse de Parme (1839) etc. (8)
Any low-growing herbaceous plant of the genus Arabis, in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) (4,5)
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1 Resort region on the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain, chiefly in the province of Malaga (5,3,3)
2 Mark or ridge on the floor behind which a darts
player must stand when throwing (4)
3 Francisco ___, Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca empire (1533) and founded Lima as the new capital of Peru (1535) (7)
4 Long curved single-edged sword traditionally
used by Japanese samurai (6)
5 Cavity in a rock lined with inward-growing
crystals; a druse (5)
6 Last British monarch of the Stuart dynasty, ruling Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (4)
7 Aptenodytes forsteri, family Spheniscidae,
native to coastal Antarctica (7,7)
8 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov banned in
England until 1959 (6)
11 1905 four-act play by George Bernard Shaw
subtitled A Comedy and A Philosophy (3,3,8)
14 ‘Such sweet compulsion doth in ___ lie’ (John
Milton ‘Arcades’ (1645) (5)
16 Largest island of Turkey, in the NE Aegean
Sea; also called Gokceada (6)
17 King of the fairies in medieval and
Renaissance folklore, married to Titania (6)
18 Narrow strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara separating European from Asian Turkey, known in ancient times as the Hellespont (11)
20 Edible marine gastropod mollusc occurring near the Channel Islands (Haliotis tuberculata); the sea-ear (5)
Polish-born Israeli statesman who was Prime Minister from 1983–4 and 1986–92 (7,6)
25 Small tower projecting vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle (6) See 24
Title character of the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, voiced by Jodi Benson (5) Creator god of ancient Egypt worshipped especially at Memphis; the husband of Sekhmet (4)
Imperial unit of land area equal to 43,560 square feet or 160 square rods (4)