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Across
1. The first James Bond novel (6,6)
7. Former name of the month Nisan in
the Jewish calendar (4)
11. Titan who ruled the sea before
Poseidon (7)
12. An inhabitant of the northernmost
parts of the Scandinavian peninsula (9)
13. Eldest son on Isaac, who traded
his birthright for a mess of
pottage (4)
14. A boxer who weighs more than 81
kilograms (11)
16. Desert in Turkmenistan, east of
the Caspian Sea (4-3)
17. Salt of cyclohexylsulphamic acid,
used as an artificial sweetener (9)
18. Berkshire racecourse with a famous
annual race-meeting in June (5)
20. Elemental being believed to
inhabit the air (5)
22. Ancient country in Asia Minor
whose last king was Croesus (5)
24. English religious leader who
founded the Society of Friends (6,3)
27. Small light umbrella carried as a
sunshade (7)
29. July 14 as a public holiday in
France (8,3)
31. A less than average tide occurring
at the first and third quarters of
the moon (4)
33. The holding up of the host in the
Eucharist (9)
34. Sister of the emperor Augustus (7)
35. The earth or burrow of a badger (4)
36. Designed to be easily operated by
non-specialists (4-8)
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Down
1. Breed of thick-coated dogs with
fluffy curled tails and
distinctive blue-black tongues (4)
2. Poet who wrote "The Faerie
Queene" (7)
3. Island resort off Cape Cod,
formerly a centre of the whaling
industry (9)
4. Places where old or frail people
can live and be cared for (4-5)
5. Location of the Allied conference
between Churchill, Stalin and
Roosevelt in 1945 (5)
6. Technique for matching a performer's mouth movements to a pre-recorded soundtrack (3,4)
8. One hired to protect another from
physical harm (9)
9. Glass tube used for titration (7)
10. National airline of Belgium (6)
15. Predatory seabird that steals food
from other seabirds (4)
17. The sepals of a flower
collectively forming the outer
floral envelope (5)
19. Platform for a lookout at or near
the top of a mast (5,4)
21. Period in which a bar sells drinks
at reduced prices (5,4)
22. Pair of spectacles mounted on a
handle (9)
23. A shaft on which a wheel rotates (4)
24. Edible viscera of a fowl (7)
25. Six-stringed instrument, played by
strumming or plucking (6)
26. Theatrical revue with glamorous
female performers (7)
28. Deprived of food (7)
30. Currency of Iran, Jordan, Tunisia,
etc. (5)
32. Dark shade of blue (4)
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