BIG MONDAY CROSSWORD
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1 Second-year university or high-school student,
especially in North America (9)
5 Common name for a prefrontal leucotomy, originated by Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz in 1935 (8)
9 Amelia ___, US aviator who made the first solo
female flight across the Atlantic in 1932 (7)
10 Largest island of the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, in the eastern Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea (5-5)
11 US actor Oscar-nominated for his roles in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996) and Magnolia (1999) (3,6)
12 Threshing tool consisting of a free-swinging metal or wooden bar (swingle or swiple) attached to a long handle (5)
13 Imperial unit of length divided in medieval times
into three barleycorns or twelve poppyseeds (4)
15 See 21
17 Exercise-related transient abdominal pain
(ETAP), especially associated with running (6)
19 Coastal region of western Galway dominated by the Twelve Bens (or Pins) mountains; described by Oscar Wilde ‘a savage beauty’ (9)
21 and 15 First president of Germany (1919-25),
known at that time as the Weimar Republic (9,5)
22 Decay of timber resulting from fungi such as Serpula lacrymans consuming its cellulose and hemicellulose (3,3)
23 Any of several trees of the genus Populus in the willow family (Salicaceae), especially the European P. tremula (5)
27 Muse of history in Greek mythology, sometimes
referred to as ‘the Proclaimer’ (4)
28 Hickory tree of the southern US cultivated for its smooth edible nuts; Carya illinoinensis, family Juglandaceae (5)
29 Large capital or uncial lettering, as used in
ancient manuscripts, calligraphy etc. (9)
33 British mathematician who will appear on new
£50 notes from June 23 2021 (4,6)
34 Rainbow bridge in Norse mythology that connects the realm of the Aesir gods (Asgard) with the world of humanity (Midgard) (7)
35 See 8 Down
36 Rod-shaped strands of pasta similar in length to spaghetti and vermicelli but much thinner, known in Italian as capellini (5,4)
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1 Solid waxy derivative of animal fats such as lard and tallow and vegetable fats such as shea butter, used in cosmetics etc. (7,4)
2 Currency unit of Serbia worth one hundredth of
a dinar (4)
3 Prosper ___, French author of the 1845 novella Carmen (1845), on which Bizet’s opera was based (7)
4 Metallic element discovered in 1843 by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander, who named it terbia (6)
5 Gradual reduction in the severity of the
symptoms of a disease (5)
6 Any herbaceous Eurasian plant of the genus
that includes mangle-wurzel (or mangold) (4)
7 Sobriquet of the son and heir apparent of King Edward III (1312-77), thought to derive from the armour he wore (3,5,6)
8 and 35 Across US director of films including Mean Streets (1973) and The
Irishman (2019) (6,8)
11 1957 John Osborne play whose protagonist is
music-hall comedian Archie Rice (3,11)
14 Fine smooth cotton thread named after a city in northern France, used especially for hosiery and gloves (5)
16 Edible round-bodied flatfish of the Black, Baltic and Mediterranean seas and the NE Atlantic; Scophthalmus maximus (6)
17 and 20 Main mountain system of Mexico, extending from the US border in the north to the Guatemalan border in the south (6,5)
18 Instrument for measuring the radius of the curvature of a concave or convex surface, originally used by opticians when making lenses (11)
20 See 17
24 Canadian dish of French fries covered with cheese curds and gravy, originating in Quebec in the 1950s (7)
25 Hill in East Sussex on which the Battle of
Hastings took place in 1066 (6)
26 Extinct Zebra species of southern Africa; brown-coated with white legs and white stripes on the head and neck (6)
30 Second-longest river of Italy, rising near the border with Austria and Switzerland and flowing south-east to the Adriatic (5)
31 Penultimate book of the New Testament, written by ‘a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James’ (4)
32 Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from
the Phoenician letter yodh (‘hand’) (4)