THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
There’s an amazing £1,500 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Due to postal disruption over Christmas, deadlines have been extended to Friday, January 3 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear on Sunday, January 5 and the winner’s name on Sunday, January 19. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter. Across
10 A North American predatory mammal, related to the wolf (6) 11 London Underground line opened in 1863, coloured magenta on the Tube map (12) 12 In Greek myths, the Muse of history (4) 13 F.W. ––– –––, the 9th State President of South Africa, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993 (2,5) 14 Walt –––, film producer, director, animator and philanthropist, the original voice of Mickey Mouse (6) 15 ––– Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, buried in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence (7) 16 A visible mark left in the sky by an aircraft flying at high altitude (6,5) 20 Four-book lyric work by the Roman poet Horace (4) 21 Francis –––, French composer and member of a group of young composers known as Les Six (7) 22 ––– III, third British monarch of the House of Hanover and Queen Victoria’s grandfather (6) 23 Large tidal estuary on the east coast of northern England (6) 25 Novels or films that continue a previous story (7) 27 – – – The Obscure, the last of Thomas Hardy’s completed novels, in which the protagonist falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead (4) 28 The Archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002 (6,5) 29 A bank clerk or till operator (7) 32 Wolfgang Amadeus –––, prolific and influential Austrian composer of the Classical era (6) 35 The UK’s most common and most widespread bird of prey (7) 36 Meat from a pig (4) 37 English writer whose most famous work was the 1932 novel Brave New World (6,6) 38 An obvious truth, cliché (6)
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1 1967 film starring Paul Newman, for which George Kennedy received an Oscar (4,4,4) 2 Father of Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (8) 3 Formerly in the Church of England, a minor parish official who acted as an usher and kept order (6) 4 Product of combustion consisting of fine particles of carbon carried by hot gases and air (5) 5 The cheapest accommodation on a passenger ship (8) 6 Common household pests with oval, flattened bodies, long antennae and biting mouthparts (11) 7 An empty space or area (4) 8 Camille –––, French Impressionist painter, especially of landscapes (8) 9 University in New Haven, Connecticut, founded in 1701 (4) 17 Periods of intense anger (5) 18 Official motto of the United States of America (2,3,2,5) 19 Breed of cat with a silver-blue coat (7,4) 21 A small bag or pouch for carrying money (5) 24 An island in the Caribbean, the capital of which is Bridgetown (8) 26 Standard monetary units of Guatemala, named after the national bird (8) 27 ––– ––– II, Pope who served from 1978 until his death in 2005 (4,4) 30 Inspections, corrections and verifications of business accounts (6) 31 In Greek myths, a sylvan deity represented as a goat-like man (5) 33 The capital city of Norway (4) 34 Donald – – –, President of the European Council 2014-2019 (4)