THE PRIZE CROSSWORD

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Across

11 An addition, alteration or improvement to a motion, law or rule (9)

12 Of, or relating to, capital

letters (5-4)

13 Elizabeth –––, Anglo-Irish novelist whose works include The Heat Of The Day (5)

14 An oblique-angled parallelogram having four equal sides (7)

15 A process of printing fabric in which parts not to be dyed are covered by wax (5)

16 To restore something

to good condition (8)

18 An arachnid with a small rounded body and very long, thin legs (10)

22 A piece of paper containing exercises to be completed by a student (9)

24 A conflagration resembling

hell (7)

27 Archaic word for stablemen,

especially at an inn (7)

28 Prime minister of Great

Britain 1770-82 (4,5)

30 Sheets of heavy, hardwearing, waterproof fabric as protection against moisture (10)

32 A salad of shredded cabbage, mayonnaise, carrot and onion (8)

35 Loose fibre obtained by unravelling old rope, used for caulking seams in wooden ships (5)

37 ––– cheese, a mild, loose, soft, white cheese made from skimmed milk curds (7)

38 The youngest dwarf in Disney’s 1937 film Snow White And

The Seven Dwarfs (5)

39 County in Northern Virginia, location of the Pentagon and a famous military cemetery (9)

40 ––– Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire, the subject of paintings by Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough (9)

Down

1 The largest port in Germany, on the River Elbe (7)

2 A lake in the Lake District, immediately south of Keswick (12)

3 In Norse mythology, the

supreme creator god (4)

4 A domesticated variety of the polecat, bred for hunting (6)

5 The distinctive character, spirit and attitudes of a people, culture or era (5)

6 Lifts for carrying food or rubbish between floors of buildings (11)

7 Magnum –––, a great

work of art or literature (4) 8 In Greek myths, the god of darkness, son of Chaos and brother of Night (6)

9 A minor railway station, without permanent buildings (4)

10 Robert –––, 2nd earl of

Liverpool, prime minister of the United Kingdom 1812-27 (9)

17 A grass border along

a road (5)

19 Hand gesture meaning

victory or peace (1-4)

20 A programme of US economic aid for the reconstruction of post-Second World War Europe (8,4)

21 Long rubber boots (11)

23 A Mexican agave plant cultivated for its large, fleshy leaves, which yield a stiff fibre used for making rope (5)

25 In music, loud or

loudly (5)

26 A fortified town in South East Jamaica, at the entrance to Kingston harbour (4,5)

29 A short trip taken for

pleasure or relaxation (7) 31 Oval-shaped, nut-like, edible seed of a type of rosaceous tree (6)

33 In medieval folklore, the king of the fairies, husband of Titania (6)

34 Goods carried by a ship,

aircraft or other vehicle (5) 36 A cultivated variety of cabbage with crinkled leaves (4)

37 A small shelter for

pigeons or sheep (4)

38 Isle of –––, a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames (4)