Simply Knitting

Prize puzzle!

WIN A FABULOUS BUNDLE OF KNITTING GOODIES FROM MINERVA CRAFTS, WORTH £10 PER PRIZE!

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ACROSS

1 January 1st celebratio­n (3,4) 5 Device for blowing air into a fire (7) 9 High male singing voice (5) 10 It’s A --- Life, 1946 Christmas movie (9) 11 Stitch that creates textured vertical stripes (3) 12 Rush (5) 13 Queen’s favourite dog breed (5) 14 Blood-sucking creature (5) 16 Gauge ---, small knitting sample (6) 18 Opposite of an acid? (6) 19 Artefact (5) 22 Team sport played with an oval ball (5) 24 Jewellery fastener (5) 26 --- Ayres, British poet and comedian (3) 27 French breakfast pastry (9) 29 --- with Jools Holland, TV music show (5) 30 Measuremen­t of the number of stitches and rows (7) 31 Continue (5,2)

DOWN

1 Not made or caused by humankind (7) 2 Beach shelter (9) 3 Our planet (5) 4 Prize (6) 5 --- M, group who sang Mary’s Boy Child (5) 6 Harper ---, To Kill A Mockingbir­d author (3) 7 Proposal (5) 8 Lacking considerat­ion for others (7) 13 Crouch down in fear (5) 15 Seasonal green shrub with red berries (5) 17 Ability to read minds (9) 18 Orange-yellow fruit with a stone (7) 20 David ---, former PM (7) 21 Strategy (6) 23 Sound of pain (5) 24 Crochet stitch made using loops (5) 25 The --- Express, 2004 festive film (5) 28 Travel on snow (3)

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