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Across
1. Pip's benefactor in "Great Expectations" (4,8)
7. Smallest particle of an element
that can take part in a chemical
reaction (4)
11. Large pouch worn with a kilt (7)
12. Surname of two 20th century US
presidents (9)
13. Brandy made from wine-making
residue (4)
14. Roman god of medicine (11)
16. Home of the blessed after death (7)
17. Instrument used by early
astronomers to measure the
altitude of stars and planets (9)
18. Copland ballet based on American
folk material (5)
20. Young pigeon (5)
22. Fibre from the leaves of a Mexican
agave plant (5)
24. In tennis, the next point won
after deuce (9)
27. Archdeacon in Trollope's "Barchester Towers" (7)
29. Iris Murdoch's first published novel (5,3,3)
31. Land-locked country in south-east
Asia (4)
33. Arrangement whereby employees are
free to vary their working hours (9)
34. Theft of personal property (7)
35. The wife or widow of a raja (4)
36. Capital of Russia from 1712 until
1918 (2,10)
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Down
1. Semicircular or polygonal recess
at the east end of a church (4)
2. Marrying outside one's own community, clan, or tribe (7)
3. The largest natural lake in South
America (9)
4. Policemen in France and French-
speaking countries (9)
5. Libyan king deposed in a coup led
by Colonel Gadaffi (5)
6. Lawn game using hoops and mallets (7)
8. Play by Sheridan first performed
in 1775 (3,6)
9. French painter, leader of the
Fauves (7)
10. Musically, the opposite of staccato (6)
15. Father of Goneril, Regan and
Cordelia (4)
17. Blue, in heraldry (5)
19. Director of the film "Brief
Encounter" (5,4)
21. Type of board game in which balls
are struck into holes (9)
22. Rifles, pistols, light machine-
guns, etc. (5,4)
23. Hypothetical straight lines
connecting prehistoric sites etc. (4)
24. Water-bearing stratum of permeable
rock (7)
25. In classical mythology, a sea-nymph (6)
26. One who denies or disbelieves the
existence of God (7)
28. Author of "Walden, or Life in
the Woods" (7)
30. Euphemism for the illegitimate
daughter of an ecclesiastic (5)
32. English admiral executed,
according to Voltaire, "pour
encourager les autres" (4)
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