THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
There’s an amazing £1,500 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, October 14 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, October 30. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
ACROSS
1 The internal diameter of the bore of a firearm (7) 5 Small short-legged terrier having a white coat with tan and/or black markings (4,7) 10 A long piece of cotton cloth similar to a sarong (5) 11 Group of coral islands in the Caribbean (7) 13 --- Sadat, the third President of Egypt, who was assassinated in 1981 (5) 14 Dorset town famous for its medieval abbey (9) 15 Charles ---, US aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic (9) 16 Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1702-14 (4) 17 1933 novel by P. G. Wodehouse (5,7) 20 The second Gospel of the New Testament (4) 21 Jacques ---, composer whose works included the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld (9) 22 Any of the hairlike filaments that form the vane of a feather (4) 26 Insect-eating American plant with hinged twolobed leaves (5,7) 27 Piece of cloth worn around the waist or over one shoulder (4) 29 Young people (9) 31 Liliaceous plants with thick flower stalks bearing fragrant flowers (9) 33 A formal statement of beliefs, principles or opinions (5) 34 Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (7) 35 --- gas, another name for inert gas (5) 36 The ---, kingdom in North West Europe, on the North Sea (11) 37 See 5 Down
DOWN
1 An amphitheatre in Rome, completed in 80 AD (9) 2 A long weapon with a pointed head, formerly used by horsemen (5) 3 A port in East Australia; the capital of Queensland (8) 4 Stefan ---, Swedish tennis player who won six Grand Slam singles titles (6) 5 & 37 Across Pre-Raphaelite English painter and illustrator (4,7,7) 6 Cud-chewing mammal adapted to survive long periods without food or water in desert regions (5) 7 Actor who played the title role in the TV drama Sharpe (4,4) 8 Prime Minister of the UK 1970-74 (6,5) 9 Crossbred hunting dog, usually a greyhound/collie cross (7) 12 Food item named after 18th Century statesman John Montagu (8) 16 An adaptation of a piece of music for performance in a different way (11) 18 Percussion instruments consisting of a set of metal bars placed over tubular metal resonators (11) 19 Rich or wealthy (8) 23 Posts supporting a rail or coping (9) 24 A thin slice of meat, often veal, coated with egg and breadcrumbs, fried and served with a rich sauce (8) 25 In mathematics, a --number can be expressed as a ratio of two integers (8) 26 The palace of the popes in Rome (7) 28 A thick, highly incendiary liquid used in firebombs (6) 30 Smooth glossy fabric of silk, rayon, etc. (5) 32 The technical name for the shinbone (5)