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, July 31 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, August 16. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 Kent town on the River Medway, the boyhood home of Charles Dickens (7) 5 More than can be borne or endured, insufferable (11) 10 A small, abnormal growth on a surface inside the body (5) 11 Acute infectious disease usually occurring through a contaminated wound (7)
13 and 37 Eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the only one to reach adulthood (5-7) 14 A city in South West Canada, named after an 18th Century captain of the British Royal Navy (9) 15 A series of seats suspended from a power-driven cable for conveying people, especially skiers, up a mountain (9) 16 A city in South West England on the River Avon, famous for its hot springs (4) 17 A Eurasian variety of beet with a large, yellowish root, cultivated as cattle feed (12) 20 Large jug or pitcher with a wide mouth (4) 21 Shopping street in Mayfair, Central London, famous for housing traditional men’s tailors (6,3) 22 A loud, declamatory or extravagant speech (4) 26 H. – – – – – –, English author of adventure novels including King Solomon’s Mines (5,7) 27 Spasmodic twitching of particular groups of muscles (4) 29 A thin polythene material used for wrapping food (9) 31 The last Empress of Russia as the spouse of Nicholas II (9) 33 Max – – –, German artist who was a pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism (5) 34 In fencing, a counterattack made immediately after a successful parry (7) 35 (Of dough) to rise in a warm place before baking (5) 36 To remove dust and dirt from a house thoroughly, traditionally at the end of winter (6,5) 37 See 13
Down
1 Island republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa (4,5) 2 – – – Ginsberg, US poet of the Beat Generation who wrote Howl (5) 3 Barbara – – –, 20th Century British sculptor of abstract works (8) 4 The reason for a certain course of action, whether conscious or unconscious (6) 5 A textile used on the ‘wrong’ side of fabrics to make an area of a garment more rigid (11) 6 A carbonated water often mixed with gin or other alcoholic drinks (5) 7 Erich Maria – – –, Germanborn novelist who wrote 1929’s All Quiet On The Western Front (8) 8 In Judaism, ceremonies that mark boys’ assumption of full religious obligations after reaching the age of 13 (3,8) 9 Having few or no teeth (7) 12 An acute, highly contagious viral disease, the characteristic skin rash of which left pitted scars or pockmarks when healed (8) 16 A person supporting a family with his or her earnings (11) 18 20th Century British-born actress who won an Oscar for her performance in Mrs Miniver (5,6) 19 A supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War (8) 23 A private conversation between two people (4-1-4) 24 East Sussex resort patronised by the Prince Regent, who had its Royal Pavilion built (8) 25 The – – – – – –, nickname for New York City (3,5) 26 A disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin D (7) 28 Fine grey powder mixed with water, sand and aggregate to make concrete (6) 30 A tree or shrub of the genus Acer, having winged seeds and lobed leaves (5) 32 A male bee whose function is to mate with the queen (5)