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, May 8 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, May 24. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 Herbivorous monkey with long, silky, blackand-white fur (7) 5 A magic spell or act of witchcraft (11) 10 Relating to, or befitting, a king or queen (5) 11 Garment worn by divers and surfers, providing thermal insulation (3,4) 13 and 23 Down The main street of Berlin, Germany, extending to the Brandenburg Gate (5,3,6) 14 A long, slender cigar (9) 15 Low-growing perennial plant with smallish white, yellow, purple or pink flowers (9) 16 Soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree (4) 17 American actor and filmmaker who has been nominated for 15 Academy Awards, winning a Best Director Oscar for the film Reds (6,6) 20 Foam caused by the breaking of waves (4) 21 The former head of the Tibetan government in exile, who retired in 2011 (5,4) 22 A loose head covering attached to a piece of clothing or made as a separate garment (4) 26 Salad dressings made from oil and vinegar with seasonings (12) 27 1975 Steven Spielberg film based on a Peter Benchley novel (4) 29 (Of animals) active at night (9) 31 Gaetano – – –, a leading Italian composer of the bel canto opera style in the first half of the 19th Century (9) 33 Evergreen tree with fragrant white flowers, cultivated for its edible fruits (5) 34 A small bird with a brown or grey plumage that feeds on seeds or insects (7) 35 Ezra – – –, Americanborn Modernist poet and critic who promoted Imagism (5) 36 1956 film musical starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra (4,7) 37 Industrial town in North Cheshire, on the Manchester Ship Canal (7)
Down
1 Thick protective shells covering part of the bodies of crabs, lobsters and tortoises (9) 2 Mount – – –, the highest peak in Canada, located in Kluane National Park, Yukon (5) 3 Long narrow pillows or cushions (8) 4 Anna – – –, 19th Century English writer famous for the novel Black Beauty (6) 5 Spending money excessively or immoderately (11)
6 The suit of cards marked with the black trefoil symbol (5) 7 Edible subterranean fungi regarded as a delicacy (8) 8 Procedures to remove teeth (11) 9 In a curt or abrupt manner (7) 12 The process of naming and classifying things such as animals and plants into groups within a larger system (8) 16 Making a record of events in the order in which they happened (11) 18 A contact sport in which two teams of skaters race around a banked oval track (6,5) 19 Legal documents giving police the power to search property or to arrest (8) 23 See 13 Across 24 Small streams (8) 25 Paste made from ground almonds, sugar and egg whites, used to coat fruit cakes or moulded into sweets (8) 26 Vincent – – – – – –, Dutch Post-Impressionist artist who is believed to have only sold one painting in his lifetime (3,4) 28 A reply, either spoken or written (6) 30 A contract by which property is conveyed to a person for a specified period, usually for rent (5) 32 The administrative centre and only city in Cornwall (5)