THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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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 22 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, January 7. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across 1 A widow possessing property or a title obtained from her husband (7)
5 A celebration of the life of a famous Scottish poet, held on, or near, his birthday on January 25 (5,6)
10 Front ---, swimming stroke in which the swimmer faces downwards and moves their arms alternately (5)
11 Italian dish of pizza dough folded over a filling of cheese and tomatoes, herbs and ham (7)
13 Daniel ---, American
pioneer and explorer (5) 14 The manager of Manchester United 1945-69 and 1970-71 (4,5) 15 A Christian rite, such
as baptism (9)
16 Judith ---, writer and illustrator whose books include The Tiger Who Came To Tea (4)
17 Traditional British puppet show for children, associated with the seaside (5,3,4)
20 See 2 Down
21 A collection of literary passages or works, especially poems (9)
22 A mass of small bubbles of gas formed on the surface of a liquid (4)
26 Mount --- ---, a former name for the mountain now called K2 (6-6) 27 --- Army, sitcom of the
1960s and 1970s set during the Second World War (4) 29 An island and state in the Indian Ocean, East of Madagascar (9)
31 A single diamond set
in a ring (9)
33 Something that has survived from the past, such as an object or custom (5) 34 A hard, coarse-grained
intrusive igneous rock (7)
35 Spanish coastal resort near Tarragona on the Costa Dorada (5)
36 To shift blame or responsibility onto another (4,3,4)
37 Loose, long decorative dress worn for informal entertaining at home from the mid-19th Century (3,4) Down
1 To break down physically
and chemically (9)
2 and 20 Across US figure, best known for his role in the Gunfight at the
O.K. Corral alongside
Doc Holliday (5,4)
3 Whoopi ---, winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Ghost (8)
4 A cessation of business, such as the closure of Parliament during a vacation (6)
5 The prime minister of
Australia 1915-23 (5,6)
6 TV miniseries based on Alex
Haley’s 1976 novel (5) 7 Reproves or
reproaches angrily (8)
8 People who institute or conduct legal proceedings, especially in a criminal court (11)
9 The return of a spacecraft into the Earth’s atmosphere (2-5) 12 A place where securities or commodities are sold, bought or traded (8)
16 American actor who played the title role in Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 film Spartacus (4,7)
18 Thick Scottish soup made of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions (6,5)
19 Pleasing, charming
or winning (8)
23 A life-size dummy of the human body, used to fit or display clothes (9)
24 A type of
short hairstyle (5,3)
25 1941 animated film by Walt Disney Productions, consisting of eight segments set to pieces of classical music (8)
26 A small, firm
jelly-like sweet (7)
28 --- II, prince of Monaco
since 2005 (6)
30 US slang word meaning confusion or chaos regarded as normal (5) 32 Dome-shaped house built of blocks of solid snow (5)