Digi-crossword Mk.II

After the undisputed success of the Mk.I Digi-Crossword, our resident crossword creator Hans Chow has returned to once again test the intellect of the world’s greatest Kent-based genii. Pour yourself a delicious Horlicks, print off the crossword grid (or copy it onto a piece of paper if you don’t have a printer) and get cracking! Answers at the bottom of the page.

Across:

1. Arrogant pretension. (11)

7. In the capacity of. (3)

9. In, to, or for each. (2)

10. Sweet, tray-baked oat bar. (8)

11. Egyptian Sun God. (2)

13. Short poem consisting of fifteen lines that have two rhymes throughout. (7)

14. Passenger boat used on the River Nile. (8)

15. Line through a pair of infinitely close points on a curve. (7)

18. Equilateral quadrilateral. (7)

20. Greek alphabet. (3)

23. Turf. (3)

26. Self-propelled underwater missile. (7)

27. Fauvist painter. (7)

30. Liver cancer. (8)

32. Type of Welsh savoury. (7)

34. Type of electronic communication technique. (2)

35. Containing dirt, sediment, or waste matter. (8)

36. River which flows through Turin. (2)

37. Pole with a flat blade. (3)

38. 13 Reasons Why actor. (5, 6)

Down: 

1. Perplex. (8)

2. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. (8)

3. Dutch actor who played Alexander in Dante vs. Mohammed Ali. (4, 4)

4. Ancient kingdom where modern-day Romania lies. (5)

5. Type of moth. (2)

6. Traditional Japanese ornamental box. (4)

7. To introduce a question or inquiry in legal drafting. (6)

8. Venerable. (6)

12. Soon. (4)

15. Title of Bulgarian monarchs. (4)

16. Genus of grass skipper butterflies. (2)

17. Medium-sized sailing ship during the late mediaeval period. (3)

19. Phenylbutazone. (4)

21. Widely cultivated shrub native to China, northern India, and south-eastern Asia. (3)

22. Fulminant. (8)

23. Type of soil with a “natric horizon” within the upper metre of the soil profile. (8)

24. Ornamental glass bottle used for serving wine. (8)

25. Last word in Il Canto degli Italiani. (2) 

27. Breed of sheep. (6)

28. Hardened dental plaque. (6)

29. Japanese noodles made from buckwheat flour. (4)

31. Tungusic people from Siberia. (5)

33. Armed Zulu warriors. (4) 

SOLUTIONS

ACROSS: 1. Braggadocio. 7. Qua. 9. An. 10. Flapjack. 11. Ra. 13. Rondeau. 14. Dahabeah. 15. Tangent. 18. Rhombus. 20. Eta. 23. Sod. 26. Torpedo. 27. Matisse. 30. Hepatoma. 32. Rarebit. 34. AM. 35. Feculent. 36. Po. 37. Oar. 38. Miles Heizer. 

Down: 1. Befuddle. 2. Anaphora. 3. Gijs Blom. 4. Dacia. 5. Ca. 6. Inro. 7. Quaere. 8. August. 12. Anon. 15. Tsar. 16. Ge. 17. Nao. 19. Bute. 21. Tea. 22. Peracute. 23. Solonetz. 24. Decanter. 25. Si. 27. Merino. 28. Tartar. 29. Soba. 31. Evens. 33. Impi.