THE PRIZE CROSSWORD

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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 6 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, August 22. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

10 Mel – – –, US comedy writer, actor and film director whose movies include The Producers and Blazing Saddles (6) 11 Venomous reptiles of the Americas, the tails of which produce a threatening sound (12) 12 Industrial town in North France that was completely destroyed in the First World War (4) 13 In Britain, thick round rolls, usually toasted and served with butter (7) 14 Peter Paul – – –, prolific

Flemish Baroque painter (6) 15 The Roman goddess

of wisdom (7) 16 An illegal manoeuvre in rugby, in which a player lifts another into the air and drops them on their back, head or neck (5,6) 20 A responsibility, task

or burden (4) 21 An event held in a park or field, featuring rides, games and other amusements (7) 22 A long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere (3,3) 23 An ancient Greek city on the Southern slopes of Mount Parnassus, site of the most famous oracle of Apollo (6) 25 Actor who played Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter film series, – – – Davis (7) 27 The second letter in

the Greek alphabet (4) 28 Arboreal mammal also called the colugo, with a fold of skin between the limbs enabling movement by gliding leaps (6,5) 29 – – – vivant, a representation of a scene, painting or sculpture by a person or group posed silent and motionless (7) 32 Casey – – –, MotoGP World Champion in 2007 and 2011 (6) 35 Land covered with grass or herbage, grazed by livestock (7) 36 A country, person or group

united with another (4) 37 The Naked – – – – – –, the 1968 autobiography of Quentin Crisp (5,7) 38 A decisive moment

in a drama (6)

Down

1 A water source in which pressure is used to force water to flow upwards (8,4) 2 Supplementary injections of a vaccine given to maintain the immunisation provided by earlier doses (8) 3 Isaac – – –, Russian-born US author of the story collection I, Robot (6) 4 Charles – – –, founder of a famous dog show first held in 1891 (5) 5 Country in East Africa, the capital of which is Addis Ababa (8) 6 Scottish actor who played the title role in the 1951 film Scrooge (8,3) 7 Until 1917, an emperor

of Russia (4) 8 A meal cooked out of doors on a grill, usually over charcoal (8) 9 An inert gas used in illuminated signs and lights (4) 17 An illusory or magical

feat or device (5) 18 An urban transport system using small trains or trams (5,7) 19 A large feline of mountainous regions of Central Asia (4,7) 21 Highland – – –, a vigorous

Scottish solo dance (5) 24 A woman’s dressing gown

or negligee (8) 26 Jean-Jacques – – –, Swissborn philosopher, writer and composer of the 18th Century Enlightenment (8) 27 Dark-coloured sweet Italian vinegar made from white grapes and aged in wooden barrels (8) 30 A business or other organisation providing a specific service (6) 31 A group of military officers holding power in a country, especially after a coup d’etat (5) 33 A group of three singers

or instrumentalists (4) 34 Reddish-brown oxide coating formed on iron or steel by the action of oxygen and moisture (4)