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, March 15 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, March 31. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
ACROSS
1 Crossbred hunting dog, often a greyhound/collie cross (7) 5 Inland republic in West Africa formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta (7,4) 10 Lymph – – –, bean-shaped masses of tissue in the body that filter foreign particles and cancer cells (5) 11 – – – acid, alternative name of the chemical compound hydrogen cyanide (7) 13 To fasten or secure again (5) 14 The German federal parliament (9) 15 African American civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger in December 1955 (4,5) 16 An island off the west coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides (4) 17 A Parisian district on the left bank of the Seine (12) 20 White wine from the Rhine region (4) 21 Condition in which parts of the body become seriously damaged as a result of extreme cold (9) 22 Billiard game in which the object is to pot all the balls with the cue ball (4) 26 French painter and sculptor whose works included Still Life With A Beer Mug (7,5) 27 The imperial dynasty of China from the early 13th Century to 1368 (4) 29 The philosophical study of the origin and nature of the universe (9) 31 Scottish city and home to five National Galleries of Art (9) 33 Recurring idea in a work of art (5) 34 Saint – – –, Spanish priest who founded an order of preaching friars in the 13th Century (7) 35 – – – Marbles, 5th Century BC Greek sculptures originally part of the Parthenon in Athens (5) 36 Young people displaying low-level criminal behaviour (11) 37 An infectious disease characterised by recurring attacks of chills and fever, caused by the bite of an infected mosquito (7)
DOWN
1 Charles – – –, US aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic (9) 2 A colourless, radioactive gas, considered to be a health hazard (5) 3 Old-fashioned name for a pub or hotel (8) 4 Public estimation of a person (6) 5 French term for the middle classes (11) 6 The vertical part of a stair or step (5) 7 A poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade (8) 8 1937 film starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, remade in 1954, 1976 and 2018 (1,4,2,4) 9 To watch over and direct, supervise (7) 12 A person who is injured or killed in an accident (8) 16 English cricketer who kept wicket for the national side from 1988 to 1998 (4,7) 18 Sport played with small bats and a light, hollow ball (5,6) 19 West Yorkshire city, birthplace of David Hockney (8) 23 The largest German airline, which started scheduled flights in 1955 (9) 24 – – – Bonaparte, military and political French leader of the early 19th Century (8) 25 In weightlifting, a single bar with a heavy ball or disc at either end (8) 26 (Of a gemstone) having cut surfaces (7) 28 An amusing TV series about a set of characters (6) 30 South West Arabian republic on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (5) 32 Word used in signalling or telecommunications to indicate a message has been received (5)