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1 Fictional setting of the David Jason detective

series A Touch of Frost (1992-2010) (6)

4 Referee in professional cycle racing, often observing races from an open-topped vehicle (11)

9 Large stocky Australian kangaroo also known as

the euro (Macropus (or Osphranter) robustus) (8)

10 Region and former province of NE France designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2015 along with the nearby Burgundy (9)

11 See 30 Down

12 US space programme that sent two unmanned probes to study the outer planets of the solar system in August and September of 1977 (7)

14 Sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, from

which the Greek omicron was derived (4)

17 Titular character of a US comic strip created by Harold Gray in 1924, played by Aileen Quinn in a 1982 film (5)

18 In chemistry, any compound that reacts with an acid to form a salt, or dissolves in water to form hydroxide ions (4)

19 Title of the Virgin Mary used especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church; from Greek, ‘godbearer’ (9)

21 Membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth connected to the middle ears by the eustachian tubes (7)

22 and 33 Fresh soft unripened cheese of northern French and southern Belgian origin, similar to the German quark (7,5)

25 Annual Muslim festival marking the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca, also known as Greater Bairam (3-2-4)

27 Horizontally woven threads in weaving, typically

the only ones visible in a final product (4)

28 Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean,

typically below 6000 metres (18,000 ft) (5)

29 ‘Love comforteth like sunshine after ___’

(Shakespeare Venus and Adonis (1593) (4)

31 Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0° and the boiling point is 80°, named after the French naturalist who introduced it in 1730 (7)

33 See 22

36 Measure of frequency of sound and radio waves

equivalent to 1000 cycles per second (9)

37 Joaquin ___, Dominican statesman; president of the Dominican Republic 1960–62, 1966–78 and 1986–96 (8)

38 Name by which Oslo was known from 1624 to

1877 in honour of the king who had it rebuilt (11)

39 Third compartment of a ruminant mammal’s stomach, also known as the psalterium and manyplies (6)

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1 Atmospheric temperature at which moist air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form (8)

2 In India and other South Asian countries, a subdivision of a district for revenue purposes; from Urdu and Persian, ‘estate’ (5)

3 Edible seaweed of the genus Porphyra often used

in Japanese cookery, as for wrapping sushi (4)

4 Cucumber-like fruit of the tropical vine Sechium edule, eaten as a vegetable in the West Indies and Australia (5)

5 Tropical American tree of the chinaberry family (Meliaceae) yielding a hard reddish-brown timber; genera Swietenia and Khaya (8)

6 London building that housed the General Register Office of births, marriages, and deaths from 1836 to 1970 (8,5)

7 State of northern Brazil on the border with French

Guiana; capital, Macapá (5)

8 Indian maharaja who founded the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab in 1801; known as the Lion of the Punjab (6,5)

13 Any of various single-celled fungi of the genus Saccharomyces and related genera, capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide (5)

15 English poet of the Metaphysical school best remembered for the 1633 collection The Temple (6,7)

16 Defined arrangement of data encoded in a file for

storing, printing, display etc. (6)

18 God of the north wind in Greek mythology,

married to the Athenian princess Orithyia (6)

20 Eurasian plant of the cabbage family (Brassicaceae) cultivated for its pungent edible root; Armoracia rusticana (11)

23 Port city at the mouth of the Amazon in northern

Brazil, capital of the state of Pará (5)

24 Jovian moon discovered by 12’s science team in 1979; the second-closest to the planet after Metis (8)

26 Unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimetre, used mainly to measure electromagnetic wavelengths and atomic distances (8)

30 and 11 Across Tennis player who defeated Jennifer Brady to win the Women’s singles title at the 2021 Australian Open (5,5)

32 Wholly shaded inner region of a shadow cast by

an opaque object, as during a solar eclipse (5)

34 Subgenre of reggae music incorporating rap monologues and electronic beats, originating in Jamaica in the 1980s (5)

35 Highest adult male singing voice, typically having a range from the F or G below middle C to the second D above (4)