Prize crossword
When all the answers are in place, the letters in the even-numbered squares from 2 to 24 will spell out the name of a famous 31 across who worked at 27 across for the Duke of 21 down 6 down.
ACROSS
8 Made larger (8) 9 Wedding a endant (5) 10 Defence lawyer created by writer Erle Stanley Gardner (5,5) 11 Initials of the organisation based at Wisley (1,1,1) 13 Have a conversation (5) 15 Levy imposed on those who overuse fossil fuels (6,3) 19 Revoke a law (6) 20 The ___ of the Shrew (Shakespeare) (6) 21 Cup sought by the Arthurian knights (4,5) 23 Pushes a hollow in a hard surface (5) 26 French word for water (3) 27 Derbyshire stately home (10) 30 Keyboard instrument (5) 31 Horticulturist (8)
DOWN
1 Rod on which a wheel turns (4) 2 Poorly constructed (5-5) 3 Dutch cheese (4) 4 Ukraine port on the Black Sea (6) 5 Poet who wrote ‘O, my luve’s like a red, red rose…’ (5) 6 Heavy breed of draught horse (5) 7 Active and energetic (5) 12 US island state (6) 14 Banknotes (5,5) 16 Deciduous flowering shrub of the rhododendron family (6) 17 Near (4) 18 Radiographic image (1-3) 22 Citrus fruit (6) 23 English county (5) 24 Prod gently with the elbow (5) 25 Perfume (5) 28 Feudal agricultural labourer (4) 29 Bound (4)