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, October 25 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, November 10. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 In Greek mythology, queen of Thebes who unwittingly married her own son, Oedipus (7) 5 Small, leaping rodent inhabiting desert regions of North America (8,3) 10 Princess of Battenberg who was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (5) 11 Shropshire town designated a new town in 1963, named after a Scottish engineer (7) 13 The part of a lock that the key presses on when it is turned (5) 14 A fictitious name adopted, especially by an author (9) 15 Trifoliate plants which are the national emblem of Ireland (9) 16 The line along which pieces of fabric are joined (4) 17 See 4 Down 20 – – – and void, without legal force, invalid (4) 21 Sleeveless dresses worn over blouses or sweaters (9) 22 Francisco – – –, Spanish painter and printmaker, a court painter to the Spanish Crown (4) 26 Small cases of choux pastry with a sweet filling and a chocolate topping (12) 27 South East Asian republic bounded in the west by the Mekong River, whose capital is Vientiane (4) 29 Cosmetic pencils (9) 31 The capital of the US state of Maryland, end point for the 3,000-mile annual Race Across America bicycle race (9) 33 Nancy – – –, the first woman to serve as an MP in the British House of Commons (5) 34 Heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross or letter ‘X’ (7) 35 Simple knitting stitch (5) 36 To distribute or scatter about (11) 37 Cosmetic substance for colouring, thickening and lengthening the eyelashes (7)
Down
1 Army colonel and statesman who became President of Argentina three times between 1946 and 1974 (4,5) 2 Robert – – –, agent of the East India Company and Commander-in-Chief of British India in 1756 (5) 3 The sport of racing on light, powerful motorcycles round cinder tracks (8) 4 and 17 Across Tragedy by William Shakespeare about the relationship between a Roman general and the Queen of Egypt (6,3,9) 5 Non-active volcano in North Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa (11) 6 Corners or narrow recesses (5) 7 Parts of rock formations or mineral veins that appear at the surface of the earth (8) 8 Acts of moving to new places, areas or places of employment (11) 9 North African republic on the Mediterranean, once inhabited by the Berber tribes (7) 12 A disease that occurs when your blood sugar level is too high, its effective treatment was not developed until the early part of the 20th Century (8) 16 Shadow profiles cut from black paper, named after an 18th Century French financier (11) 18 A business or organisation run by the people who work for it (11) 19 An old-fashioned word for a radio (8) 23 A former name for Ethiopia (9) 24 Delicate ornamental work of twisted gold, silver or other wire (8) 25 Musical wind instrument traditionally played in Scotland (8) 26 A horse which is marked or spotted in two different colours, especially black and white (7) 28 Saint – – –, Italian Benedictine monk who was Archbishop of Canterbury 1093-1109 (6) 30 A type of Latin American dance music, or a dance performed to it (5) 32 A woody vine found in tropical forests that is rooted in the soil and climbs up around other plants to reach the canopy (5)