THE PRIZE CROSSWORD

WIN £1,500 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, September 1 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, September 17. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter. ACROSS 1 Erle Stanley ---, American lawyer and author best known for his Perry Mason series (7) 5 The former main immigration port for those entering the USA (5,6) 10 Relating to the moon (5) 11 City and port in South East Wales, on the River Usk (7) 13 French-speaking city in East Belgium (5) 14 In astrology, the tenth sign of the zodiac (9) 15 Barbra ---, US performer who won a Best Actress Oscar for the 1968 film Funny Girl (9) 16 City in Tuscany, North West Italy, famous for its Leaning Tower (4) 17 A district of Westminster, location of the Royal Opera House (6,6) 20 A slender prong, especially of a fork (4) 21 Charles ---, 19th Century British Royal Navy officer after whom a city port in Western Australia is named (9) 22 The respiratory organ in many aquatic animals (4) 26 Another name for sleepwalking (12) 27 Dialect or archaic word for a lake or pool (4) 29 Possessing bodily form, especially the human form (9) 31 UK Crown dependency in the Irish Sea, the capital of which is Douglas (4,2,3) 33 Genus to which alder trees belong (5) 34 A level of command, responsibility etc (7) 35 A narrow opening of a coastline (5) 36 British actress who has achieved the American Triple Crown of Acting, having won an Oscar, Emmy Awards and a Tony Award (5,6) 37 Aristotle ---, prominent 20th Century shipping magnate who married Jacqueline Kennedy in 1968 (7) DOWN 1 A small bird with a greenish plumage and a bright, yellow-and-black crown (9) 2 An approach made by an athlete to a long jump, pole vault etc (3-2) 3 Spring-flowering plants with yellow, orange or white trumpet-shaped blooms (8) 4 Damon ---, American writer whose short stories inspired the musical Guys And Dolls (6) 5 German Field Marshal of World War II known as the Desert Fox (5,6) 6 Apparatuses, worked by hand or mechanically, for weaving yarn into textiles (5) 7 Arthur ---, 19th Century English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert (8) 8 A variety of chrysoberyl that changes from green in daylight to red in artificial light (11) 9 Industrial city in South East Germany on the River Elbe, twinned with Coventry since 1959 (7) 12 Device which controls the quantity of fuel entering an engine (8) 16 An artificial waterway extending from Colón to Balboa (6,5) 18 Town in Northern Ireland, on an island in the River Erne (11) 19 A game of cards for two to four, in which players try to win a set number of points before their opponents (8) 23 A disease affecting the feet of hooved animals, especially horses and cattle (9) 24 George ---, lead guitarist of The Beatles (8) 25 Fine, hard wheat particles left after flour has been milled, used to make puddings and pasta (8) 26 Plant cultivated for its dark green, edible leaves (7) 28 Fernando ---, Spanish Formula One racing driver who won the World Championship title in 2005 and 2006 (6) 30 The ---, the hypothetical medium formerly believed to fill all space (5) 32 Large, enclosed shopping centres (5)