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1. Author of the novel "The God
of Small Things", winner of
the Booker Prize in 1997 (9,3)
7. The lower part of an interior wall
when faced or coloured differently
from the upper part (4)
11. The county town of Norfolk (7)
12. Greek dramatist who wrote
"Oedipus Tyrannus" (9)
13. A heavy wooden shoe, with an
upturned pointed toe,
traditionally worn in the
Netherlands (4)
14. An inference or conclusion not
logically following from the
premisses (3,8)
16. The former Yugoslav republic whose
capital is Zagreb (7)
17. Elementary particles with the same
mass as electrons and a
numerically equal but positive
charge (9)
18. A type of maize porridge eaten in
east and central Africa (5)
20. American composer and bandmaster
who composed over a hundred
popular marches (5)
22. In biology, taxonomic groups
ranking above classes and below
kingdoms (5)
24. An official inquiry to establish
need before assistance is given
from public funds (5,4)
27. A concave plastic disc used in a
throwing and catching game (7)
29. A person elected by union members
to represent them in dealings with
management (4,7)
31. A long strip of fabric worn over
one shoulder or round the waist (4)
33. A figure in square dancing in
which adjacent dancers link arms
or join or touch hands and make a
full or partial turn (9)
34. Country in the western Pacific,
formerly the Condominium of the
New Hebrides (7)
35. American tennis player who
defeated Connors to win Wimbledon
in 1975 (4)
36. Cross-country running and route-
finding aided by map and compass (12)
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Down
1. River crossed by the Ponte Vecchio (4)
2. French painter, born in 1883,
renowned for street scenes of
Montmartre (7)
3. A wild ass of a subspecies native
to the Tibetan plateau (9)
4. Main opponents of the Spartans in
the Peloponnesian War (9)
5. Norwegian playwright whose last
play was "When We Dead
Awaken" (5)
6. A great musician, in Greek
mythology, who tried to reclaim
his wife from Hades (7)
8. The existence in the same state of
more than one form of the same
element with different properties (9)
9. The period of a female animal’s
readiness to mate (7)
10. The fruit of a tree native to
China and Japan - also called
Japanese medlar (6)
15. Light fawn colour, as of
unbleached linen (4)
17. A piece of moulded or impressed
glass attached as an ornament to a
glass vessel (5)
19. A Shi'ite religious leader in Iran (9)
21. A written statement, confirmed by
oath, to be used as evidence (9)
22. A showjumping competition testing
a horse’s ability to jump large
obstacles (9)
23. The Greek god of war (4)
24. A cosmetic for darkening and
colouring the eyelashes (7)
25. An African plant widely grown in
the tropics, producing seeds used
as food and yielding an edible oil (6)
26. Name shared by the wives of Henry
II, Henry III and Edward I of
England (7)
28. A kind of long-grain Indian rice,
with a delicate nutty flavour (7)
30. The white poplar, Populus alba (5)
32. The ruling Chinese dynasty from AD
960 to 1279 (4)
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