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12a Fielding position in cricket at right angles to the batsman on the off side (5)
13a Eldest of the seven Pleiades in Greek mythology; mother, by Zeus, of Hermes (4)
17a Property of matter responsible for all electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form (6)
21a Hormone secreted by the pineal gland that causes skin colour changes and helps to regulate circadian rhythms (9)
22a Stock exchange in continental Europe, especially that of Paris (6)
23a Polite form of address placed after a man's name or designation in India; Arabic, 'friend'
28a Thin glass plate on which specimens are mounted for examination under a microscope (5)
29a Person or thing one particularly dislikes; French, literally 'black beast (4,5)
33a Final part of a story or drama in which the various plot threads are resolved; from French, unknot (10)
35a Ratio of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of sine (8)
36a Tall pale-green plant of North American and Eurasian wetlands; Thelypteris palustris (5,4)
2d Hindu god of fire, one of the chief deities of the Vedas (4)
3d Filamentous stalk attaching an ovule or seed to the wall of the ovary (7)
8d Second epoch of the Tertiary period, lasting from 56 to 34 million years ago (6)
16d Wooden bench with a high back and arms, typically incorporating a box under the seat (6)
20d Hard greyish-black form of corundum, used as an abrasive and polishing agent (5)
25d Proportion of the incident light hitting an object (such as a planet) that it reflects; from Latin, whiteness (6)
26d Partition separating two cavities, e.g. the nostrils or the chambers of the heart (6)
31d Brightest star in the constellation Lyra, and the fifth brightest in the sky (4)
32d Frost formed by the rapid freezing of water droplets in fog onto solid objects (4)
13a Eldest of the seven Pleiades in Greek mythology; mother, by Zeus, of Hermes (4)
17a Property of matter responsible for all electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form (6)
21a Hormone secreted by the pineal gland that causes skin colour changes and helps to regulate circadian rhythms (9)
22a Stock exchange in continental Europe, especially that of Paris (6)
23a Polite form of address placed after a man's name or designation in India; Arabic, 'friend'
28a Thin glass plate on which specimens are mounted for examination under a microscope (5)
29a Person or thing one particularly dislikes; French, literally 'black beast (4,5)
33a Final part of a story or drama in which the various plot threads are resolved; from French, unknot (10)
35a Ratio of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of sine (8)
36a Tall pale-green plant of North American and Eurasian wetlands; Thelypteris palustris (5,4)
2d Hindu god of fire, one of the chief deities of the Vedas (4)
3d Filamentous stalk attaching an ovule or seed to the wall of the ovary (7)
8d Second epoch of the Tertiary period, lasting from 56 to 34 million years ago (6)
16d Wooden bench with a high back and arms, typically incorporating a box under the seat (6)
20d Hard greyish-black form of corundum, used as an abrasive and polishing agent (5)
25d Proportion of the incident light hitting an object (such as a planet) that it reflects; from Latin, whiteness (6)
26d Partition separating two cavities, e.g. the nostrils or the chambers of the heart (6)
31d Brightest star in the constellation Lyra, and the fifth brightest in the sky (4)
32d Frost formed by the rapid freezing of water droplets in fog onto solid objects (4)
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