EXPRESS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD 3
by Medusa

Across

Jack's home-grown ladder to better things? (9)
Very cold northerly wind in S. France (7)
10 Scout founder relieved here in May 1900 (8)
11 Type of daffodil; loved by Echo (9)
12 Eight prestigious US universities (3,6)
13 Inner Hebridean island (5)
15 He resigned over the Suez crisis, 1956 (4)
16 Standard time measure (abbr.) (3)
17 Mythical land which King Arthur came from (8)
18 South African hut villages with perimeter fences (6)
21 First-rate, topnotch (1-3)
23 German author brothers, Thomas and Heinrich (4)
25 Vilfredo, Italian sociologist and economist who was associated with the rise of fascism (6)
27 Essex New Town incorporating Billericay and Thurrock (8)
28 Ad ---, improvised (3)
29 A ring of light around the sun or moon caused by refraction by ice crystals (4)
31 English cricketer; Welsh peninsula (5)
32 Historic place for 1215 (9)
34 Aerobatic squadron of the RAF (3,6)
35 5th century Byzantine monk who questioned Christ's humanity but not his divinity (8)
36 Town associated with the Pied Piper (7)
37 Type of cut-pile carpet (9)

Down

Structure built for the Paris World's Fair of 1889 (6,5)
Pomeranian dog; Mark, winner of seven gold medals in Munich Olympics (5)
Norse abode of the gods, including Valhalla (6)
5/21 West London borough (10,3,7)
Creator of Mr Midshipman Easy (7)
Australian island State (8)
Gambling and entertainment centre in Nevada (3,5)
City in NW Texas; yellow (Sp.) (8)
14 Le Roi d' ---, easygoing king; anti-Napoleonic song (6)
15 Type of salts used as a purgative medicine (5)
19 Former division of Yorkshire (6)
20 Hymn written by H.F. Lyte and W.H. Monk (5,4,2)
21 See 5
22 Muse of love poetry (5)
24 To have a syllable more in the genitive than in the nominative (Latin grammar) (8)
25 Italian 14th century poet who wrote sonnets for Laura (8)
26 Mammals without teeth, the sloth and anteater are examples (8)
28 US country-dance (7)
30 Gymnasium where Aristotle taught (6)
33 Joe, dramatist who wrote Entertaining Mr Sloane (5)


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