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, April 17 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, May 3. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
10 A papier-mâché party decoration filled with weets, hung up and struck with a stick until it breaks open (6) 11 Giving the story of, or based on, a person’s life (12) 12 A state of the West US, the capital of which is Salt Lake City (4) 13 News items containing the latest information about particular situations (7) 14 City in South East Arizona, home to the University of Arizona (6) 15 A store for arms, ammunition and other military items (7) 16 Greek physician regarded as the father of medicine (11) 20 The coil of earth left by an earthworm (4) 21 In medicine, an inactive substance administered to a patient (7) 22 Enrico – – –, renowned Italian opera singer, leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 17 years (6) 23 Robert – – –, the Archbishop of Canterbury 1980-91 (6) 25 Document issued by a seller to a buyer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due (7) 27 In criminal law, the answer made by an accused to the charge (4) 28 German-born US businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans (4,7) 29 Yuri – – –, Soviet cosmonaut who made the first manned space flight in 1961 (7) 32 The traditional religion of Japan (6) 35 Any of a series of Christian expeditionary wars undertaken during the 11th-13th Centuries (7) 36 Volume, size or magnitude, especially when great (4) 37 Long, straight, notched narrow loaves (6,6) 38 Central European republic on the Baltic Sea (6)
Down
1 American actor who starred in Samson And Delilah and 1953’s The Robe (6,6) 2 The capital of Uzbekistan (8) 3 Honey made from the nectar of a particular New Zealand tree (6) 4 Place in which one lives, home (5) 5 Pseudonym of French writer François-Marie Arouet, whose works include the satire Candide (8) 6 The difference between a company’s total income from sales and its total production costs (5,6) 7 A cloth or leather covering for the upper foot, worn from the ankle to the instep (4) 8 Sir Clive – – –, British entrepreneur and inventor who famously launched a battery-powered electric vehicle in 1985 (8) 9 A county in the North West Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic (4) 17 A hidden store of provisions, weapons or treasure (5) 18 Chilean volcanic island in the Pacific, its Polynesian name is Rapa Nui (6,6) 19 An independent state forming an enclave in Rome, spiritual centre of the Roman Catholic Church (7,4) 21 A fold formed by doubling back fabric and pressing, stitching or steaming into place (5) 24 Arrangements of long hair in rolls or knots at the back of the head (8) 26 Amerigo – – –, Florentine navigator to the New World, after whom the Americas were named (8) 27 A poster advertising a theatrical production (8) 30 An ancient city in North West Syria (6) 31 Fast-growing tropical tree which yields a very light wood (5) 33 Sir David – – –, English dramatist, whose works include the play Racing Demon and the screenplay for The Hours (4) 34 Island in Hawaii, the chief town of which is Honolulu (4)