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, August 28 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, September 13. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 Harry – – –, nickname of Sir Henry Percy, who led a rebellion against Henry IV in 1403 (7) 5 Seve – – –, Spanish golfer who won the Masters twice and The Open Championship three times (11) 10 Hugh – – –, King of France, founder of the dynasty which ruled the country from 987 (5) 11 A large loaf with diagonal slashes on a rounded top (7) 13 – – – With Me, hymn which has been sung before the FA Cup Final since 1927 (5) 14 Set aside or identified for a specific purpose (9) 15 People who make wills (9)
16 and 32 Down With the order reversed, the other way around (4,5) 17 Dictator who was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (6,6) 20 A dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from South West Europe (4) 21 Mount – – –, a mountain in Central Greece, in ancient times sacred to Dionysus, Apollo and the Muses (9) 22 The local name for the River Thames at Oxford (4) 26 A furtive or secretive remark from one actor to another intended to be heard by the audience (5,7) 27 A suburb of southern Paris, location of an international airport (4) 29 Plans of procedure for projects, allotting tasks and the time for them (9) 31 A recklessly bold person (9) 33 – – – Presley, 20th Century American rock ’n’ roll icon (5) 34 Adjustable three-legged stands to which cameras can be attached (7) 35 The nest of an eagle or other bird of prey (5) 36 Solid-body electric guitars made by the Fender company since 1950 (11) 37 Sets of fixed actions performed regularly, especially as part of a ceremony (7)
Down
1 Ranches or large estates in Spain or Spanishspeaking countries (9) 2 Mammal of South and Central America and South East Asia with an elongated snout (5) 3 14th Century Italian lyric poet and scholar who gave his name to a sonnet form (8) 4 A reprimand or scolding (6) 5 Large dogs formerly much used in tracking and police work (11) 6 The boundary or edge of a specific area (5) 7 Boston – – – – – –, 1773 raid on three British ships in the harbour of Boston,
Massachusetts, a protest against British government (3,5) 8 Plastic surgery of the nose (11) 9 A felt hat with a broad brim and a high crown, worn traditionally by cowboys (7) 12 Period at the beginning and end of the working day when large numbers of people are travelling to or from work (4,4) 16 The first President of the Czech Republic (6,5) 18 Annual festivals held in Wales, featuring competitions in music, poetry and drama (11) 19 Another name for the sperm whale (8) 23 Parts of the vertebrate body where the arms join the trunk (9) 24 – – – dome, a light structural framework arranged as a set of polygons in the form of a shell (8) 25 A measure of a slope or inclination (8) 26 A person who is believed to be guilty of a specified offence (7) 28 – – – Island, the largest sand island in the world, off the South East coast of Queensland (6) 30 A set of steps in a wall or fence to allow people to pass over (5) 32 See 16 Across