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, March 13 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, March 29. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 Hugo – – –, German engineer and aircraft designer who created the first practical all-metal aircraft (7) 5 William – – – – – –, Irish poet and dramatist whose verse collections include 1928’s The Tower (6,5) 10 In Roman mythology, the goddess of the hunt (5) 11 In British society, a commoner who holds the lowest hereditary title of honour (7) 13 A republic in West Central Africa, the capital of which is Libreville (5) 14 A flaky, crescentshaped pastry (9) 15 Dorset town famous for its medieval abbey (9) 16 A wafer shell used to contain ice cream (4) 17 Unruly outbursts or tumults (12) 20 Yin and – – –, two complementary principles of Chinese philosophy (4) 21 A syrup made from pomegranate juice, popular in cocktails (9) 22 A type of duck, the male of which is white with a black mask and a black back (4) 26 Fringed garments worn by religious Jews, tallits (6,6) 27 Large metal Chinese cooking pots with curved bases (4) 29 Johannes – – –, the German inventor of printing by movable type (9)
31 People who have seen, or can give first-hand evidence, of some event (9) 33 Vegetable cultivated for its bulbous, edible root (5) 34 Draped, skirt-like garments (7) 35 The adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts (5) 36 Interruptions or temporary stoppages (11) 37 The Sound Of – – –, Simon and Garfunkel hit from 1965 (7)
Down
1 The branch of authority in a state concerned with law and the legal system (9) 2 – – – Marsh, New Zealand crime writer and theatre director who created detective Roderick Alleyn (5) 3 (Of time) passing by (8) 4 Underground passage or tunnel enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway (6) 5 A dark, reddish-orange to reddish-brown dye or pigment (5,6) 6 Heavily-armoured combat vehicles carrying guns and moving on continuous, articulated metal tracks (5) 7 Hanna-Barbera cartoon character who lived in Jellystone Park (4,4) 8 20th Century Algerianborn absurdist French author and philosopher awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 (6,5) 9 Poems consisting of 14 lines in iambic pentameter (7) 12 New York City borough separated from Manhattan by the Harlem River (3,5) 16 Item worn on the surface of the eyeball to correct defects of vision (7,4) 18 Game in which players try to flick plastic discs into a cup (11) 19 The capital of Belgium and administrative centre of the EU (8) 23 A poisonous plant with hood-like flowers (9) 24 Method of cooking fish by dredging with flour, frying in butter and serving with butter, lemon juice and parsley (8) 25 A joint used for fitting two pieces of wood tightly together (8) 26 In Greek myths, a winged horse which sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa (7) 28 Medical term for a stagnation in the normal flow of bodily fluids (6) 30 Greta – – –, Swedish-born 20th Century Hollywood actress (5) 32 Gertrude – – –, American modernist writer who lived in Paris, author of The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas (5)