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, January 24 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, February 9. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

10 The type of car owned by Arthur Weasley, enchanted to make it fly and invisible to Muggles (6)

11 Small, round tropical fruit with numerous seeds, native to South America (7,5)

12 Money paid for a journey in a bus or train (4)

13 A short, stiff hair of an animal or plant (7)

14 A long, open container, especially one which holds food or water for animals (6)

15 Town in North West

Surrey, the western starting point of the North Downs Way (7)

16 English actor who was Oscar-nominated for his role as Iago opposite Laurence Olivier in the 1965 film adaptation of Othello (5,6)

20 The conscription of troops for service (4)

21 A variety of bean with light-coloured, edible seeds, which can be dried and stored (7)

22 An image of a distant object, often inverted or distorted, caused by atmospheric refraction by hot air (6)

23 The main tent of a circus (3,3)

25 Vivid mental images produced by the imagination (7) 27 Charging –––, Wall Street sculpture by Sicilian artist Arturo Di Modica (4) 28 Common predatory and scavenging bird with a pure black bill (7,4) 29 A citrus fruit with a loose rind and easily separable segments (7) 32 A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular region or social class (6) 35 In anatomy, the membranous tube that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi (7) 36 A hole or tunnel in the ground, especially one drilled in search of minerals or oil (4)

37 and 9 Down – – – – – – – – – Jr, US Christian minister and civil rights leader assassinated in Memphis in 1968 (6,6,4)

38 Helen –––, US author and lecturer who was blind and deaf from infancy (6)

Down 1 Complex novel by

Leo Tolstoy, published in serial instalments from 1873-77 (4,8) 2 The most northerly of the Channel Islands (8) 3 Landlocked republic in southern Africa, the capital of which is Lusaka (6) 4 A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream, covered with whipped cream and nuts (5) 5 Restricted to, or intended

for, an enlightened or initiated minority (8)

6 The act of passing the winter in a dormant condition (11) 7 A protuberance or lump occurring on the trunks of certain trees (4)

8 Anita –––, British novelist who won the 1984 Booker Prize with Hotel Du Lac (8) 9 See 37 Across

17 Pungent or toxic vapours (5)

18 The Chancellor of

Germany since 2005 (6,6) 19 A person who deliberately behaves controversially in order to cause argument or strong reactions (11) 21 Shortened name of a large, thick-skinned semi-aquatic African mammal with massive jaws (5)

24 Fast, voluminous or violent streams of water (8)

26 Internal organs in which food is stored and partially digested (8) 27 Team game with nine players on each side, played on a ‘diamond’ (8) 30 The largest state of the United States by area (6) 31 The –––, the tallest building in the UK, designed by Renzo Piano, completed in 2012 (5) 33 Seafood ingredient of the Italian dish

Spaghetti alle vongole (4) 34 A slender prong, especially of a fork (4)