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 26 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, November 11. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
ACROSS
1 John F. – – –, the 35th President of the US, assassinated in 1963 (7) 5 A calm area of the North Atlantic, between the Caribbean and the Azores (8,3) 10 In Spanish cuisine, light savoury snacks usually eaten with drinks (5) 11 A piece of leather or metal armour, covering the chest and back (7) 13 Disclosures, often intentional, of secret information (5) 14 – – – North, constituency represented by Jeremy Corbyn since 1983 (9) 15 Spiny-finned tropical marine fish with a lower fin consisting of numerous thin rays (9) 16 Björn – – –, Swedish tennis player who won six French Open singles titles (4) 17 Breed of dog with a silky, black-and-white coat, used mainly as a sheepdog (6,6) 20 Term referring to meat that has been very lightly cooked (4) 21 Under an assumed name or appearance, in disguise (9) 22 A long walk in the country (4) 26 The headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police (8,4) 27 The long, pointed, hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake (4) 29 A detachment detailed to protect the back of a military formation (9) 31 The practice of assigning a journalist to accompany an active military unit (9) 33 Tarte – – –, an upsidedown apple tart in which the apples are caramelised before the tart is baked (5) 34 A part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory (7) 35 Small, long-tailed lizard, the most common African lizard (5) 36 – – – – – – Parade, area off Whitehall, London, on which the Trooping the Colour ceremony is held annually (5,6) 37 A free-swinging bar attached to two ropes, used by circus acrobats (7)
DOWN
1 Joseph – – – became the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic in a gas balloon in 1984 (9) 2 South Asian republic in the Himalayas (5) 3 The English name for Helsingør, a city in Denmark that is the setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet (8) 4 Vessels propelled by sail or power, used especially for pleasure cruising or racing (6) 5 A nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard (11) 6 To act in response to another person or stimulus (5) 7 A port in East Brazil, the capital of Bahia state (8) 8 Temporary wooden or metal framework used to support workmen and materials (11) 9 The time during which a person or thing is away (7) 12 In the US, a society of female university or college students (8) 16 Chief magistrate or mayor of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany or the Netherlands (11) 18 Fast-food dishes comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta breads with chilli sauce (5,6) 19 To cover completely with water, flood or swamp (8) 23 A large area of submerged marshland in Florida (9) 24 Dignified grace in appearance, movement or behaviour (8) 25 Harald – – –, King of Norway who died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 (8) 26 In golf, the status of a player with a handicap of zero (7) 28 A tangible and visible thing (6) 30 A style or scheme of interior adornment or furnishings (5) 32 Incensed with anger, furious (5)