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, November 3 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, November 19. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
ACROSS
10 In music, a small group of notes forming a coherent unit of melody (6) 11 A cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur and cream or milk, served with ice (5,7) 12 An almost horizontal mineshaft, used for access or drainage (4) 13 A poem of 15, 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes throughout (7) 14 See 17 Down 15 A ball or cake of ground, spiced chickpeas, deep-fried and often served with pitta bread (7) 16 The strait which lies between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara, known as the Hellespont in ancient times (11) 20 In folklore, a giant who eats human flesh (4) 21 An ancient Indian religion (7) 22 Gamal Abdel ---, second President of Egypt (6) 23 Isambard Kingdom ---, 19th Century engineer who designed the SS Great Britain (6) 25 A department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge (7) 27 A cosmetic powder used to darken the area around the eyes (4) 28 British Whig Prime Minister 1743-1754, succeeded by his brother, the Duke of Newcastle (5,6) 29 An edible marine mollusc with an ear-shaped shell perforated with a row of respiratory holes (7) 32 In Norse myths, the dwelling place of the principal gods, the Aesir (6) 35 Terrestrial or epiphytic plants often having flowers of unusual shapes and vivid colours (7) 36 A metal fastening consisting of a hinged strap with a slot that fits over a staple and is secured by a pin, bolt or padlock (4) 37 London street named after the Royal Menagerie and Aviary located there in the reign of James I (8,4) 38 Immature, free-living forms of many animals that develop into adults by metamorphosis (6)
DOWN
1 A ravine in the Mendip Hills renowned for its show caves (7,5) 2 An ancient city state, on the North African coast near present-day Tunis (8) 3 Ronald ---, British artist and satirical cartoonist who created St Trinian’s School (6) 4 String made by twisting together fibres of hemp or cotton (5) 5 Writerly or scholarly people (8) 6 Ancient Greek statue believed to depict Aphrodite, housed in the Louvre Museum, Paris (5,2,4) 7 Jean ---, 20th Century British fashion designer (4) 8 Violent physical or verbal attacks (8) 9 Magma emanating from volcanoes and other vents (4) 17 and 14 Across First Lady of the United States 1981-1989 (5,6) 18 Large earless aquatic mammal, the male of which has a long trunk-like snout (8,4) 19 Parisian monument erected for the 1889 Paris Exposition (6,5) 21 Mint ---, in the US, a long drink consisting of bourbon, crushed ice, sugar syrup and fresh mint (5) 24 A region of Northern France, on the English Channel; scene of the Allied landings in 1944 (8) 26 Charred sticks of wood used by artists to make preliminary sketches (8) 27 An extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana (8) 30 A fine-grained, dark igneous rock (6) 31 Small parasites living on the skin of warmblooded animals (5) 33 Any of the four sets of 13 cards in a pack of playing cards (4) 34 The face of a watch or clock (4)