THE PRIZE CROSSWORD

There’s an amazing €2,000 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, December 16 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on

Across

1 A yellow, combustible nonmetal, atomic number 16 (7) 5 A route over the Eastern Alps, between Austria and Italy (7,4) 10 Berkshire racecourse noted for its Royal meeting in June (5) 11 A weighing device (7) 13 Goods carried by a ship, aircraft or other vehicle (5) 14 In law, evidence given by a witness, especially in court (9) 15 Cases or particular examples (9) 16 A knee-length, pleated, tartan skirt, as worn by men in Highland dress (4) 17 Musical based on short stories by Damon Runyon, first performed in 1950 (4,3,5) 20 --- Canal, a sea-level waterway in North East Egypt, linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea (4) 21 Iconic figure in American folk history best known for his role in the Gunfight at the OK Corral alongside Doc Holliday (5,4) 22 Plant genus to which the banana belongs (4) 26 The largest of the Great Lakes of North America (4,8) 27 In Greek myths, the goddess of youth and spring (4) 29 A person who has put their name to a treaty or contract (9) 31 Cultural period considered to be the last part of the Stone Age, ending when metal tools became widespread (9) 33 An Indian meal consisting of several small meat or vegetable dishes accompanied by rice, bread, etc (5) 34 Peter ---, comic actor who won a Golden Globe for the film Being There (7) 35 Small island republic in the South Western Pacific, west of Kiribati (5) 36 The Greater Manchester home of Lancashire County Cricket Club (3,8) 37 Fast, voluminous or violent stream of water (7)

Down

1 The most notable leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major uprising against the Roman Republic (9) 2 George ---, creator of the Star Wars franchise (5) 3 --- House, the Hertfordshire seat of the Cecil family, where Elizabeth I was told she was Queen (8) 4 Bobby ---, England football manager 1982-1990 (6) 5 Fictional schoolboy who attended Greyfriars School in stories by Frank Richards (5,6) 6 A feeling of listlessness and general dissatisfaction resulting from lack of activity or excitement (5) 7 Viv ---, former West Indian cricketer who scored over 100 first-class centuries (8) 8 The science or occupation of cultivating land and rearing crops and livestock (11) 9 Partners in marriage (7) 12 The English name for Helsinger, a city in Denmark that is the setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet (8) 16 Soren ---, 19th Century Danish philosopher, theologian and psychologist (11) 18 English writer who created the character Adrian Mole (3,8) 19 Sensations or changes in bodily functions associated with a particular disease (8) 23 A battle fought in 1415 in Northern France, a decisive victory for Henry V’s army over French forces (9) 24 A shrub or tree trained to grow flat against a wall, or the trellis on which it grows (8) 25 Person who creates new clothing lines for a fashion house, eg (8) 26 A kingdom forming an enclave in South Africa (7) 28 A county in South West England on the English Channel (6) 30 Swiss duo most famous for their 1988 hit The Race (5) 32 The circular target in the sport of curling (5)