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, November 18 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, December 4. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
ACROSS
1 Medium-sized omnivorous monkeys of Africa, with elongated muzzles and large teeth (7) 5 Officials in an administrative system (11) 10 River in Western Europe, famous for the wine production along its valley (5) 11 A port and industrial centre in West California, on San Francisco Bay (7) 13 The first letter in the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter aleph (5) 14 A mixed drink of whisky, vermouth and bitters (9) 15 Shopping street in Mayfair, Central London, famous for housing traditional men’s tailors (6,3) 16 Brazilian former footballer whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento (4) 17 British playwright whose works included The Birthday Party (6,6) 20 Philip ---, American novelist who wrote Portnoy’s Complaint and The Human Stain (4) 21 Genus of plants known as tobacco plants (9) 22 See 2 Down 26 Former F1 motorsport commentator (6,6) 27 Standard units of electrical resistance (4) 29 A fine-grained white, opaque or translucent material, used for statues, vases, etc. (9) 31 Charles Dickens novel featuring the Gradgrinds, set in Northern England (4,5) 33 Tito ---, Italian operatic baritone who died in 1984 (5) 34 A mountainous principality in South West Europe, between France and Spain (7) 35 In Greek myth, a river in Hades that caused forgetfulness in those who drank its waters (5) 36 A surgical procedure on a joint using a tubular instrument (11) 37 A robot resembling a human being (7)
DOWN
1 Scientific instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure (9) 2 and 22 Across Swedish tennis player who won six French Open singles titles (5,4) 3 Hard-wearing work trousers with a bib and shoulder straps (8) 4 Small, weasel-like mammals, with brown coats and black-tipped tails (6) 5 Coral reef in the North Pacific; site of an American atomic-bomb test in 1946 (6,5) 6 Cuts or harvests a crop (5) 7 A Christian clergyman ministering to a military body (8) 8 Ghostly figures, phantoms or spectres (11) 9 Loose-fitting trousers worn in the Indian subcontinent, often with a kameez (7) 12 A shareholder’s portion of a company’s profits (8) 16 The main character in a series of children’s books by Beatrix Potter, who wears a blue jacket and brown shoes (5,6) 18 American comic actor, one half of a classic double act that began in the era of silent films (6,5) 19 Legendary Native American leader; the hero of an epic poem by Longfellow (8) 23 Town on the Southern bank of the River Tyne in North East England, home to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (9) 24 A supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War (8) 25 Made or shaped by paring or shaving wood (8) 26 Pain in a muscle or a group of muscles (7) 28 Spanish ---, the great fleet sent by Philip II of Spain against England in 1588 (6) 30 A display of the skills of cowboys, including bareback riding (5) 32 A short saying expressing the guiding maxim or ideal of a family, organisation, etc (5)