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, November 20 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, December 6. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 The state of political hostility between the West and the Soviet Bloc after the Second World War (4,3) 5 The jewellery, including the regalia, used by a sovereign on a state occasion (5,6) 10 See 13 11 A member of any of various Muslim ascetics, some of which are noted for a frenzied, whirling dance (7) 13 and 10 Conservative MP appointed Home Secretary in July 2019 (5,5) 14 Domineering, overbearing or authoritarian behaviour (9) 15 A compound released by the pituitary gland which produces analgesia and a feeling of well-being (9) 16 An image, video or phrase that is spread widely on the internet (4) 17 The police force of a town or district (12) 20 Small New World monkey with long hair and a long, bushy tail (4) 21 Pervez –––, retired general who was the tenth President of Pakistan (9) 22 One of the main longitudinal structural members of a vessel (4) 26 20th Century American actor who starred in horror films including House Of Wax (7,5) 27 The flesh of a calf used as food (4)
29 Revolts or rebellions (9) 31 Pheasant-like Australian birds, the males of which fan out their huge tails during courtship displays (9) 33 Destruction, devastation or ruin (5) 34 Market town in Suffolk, on the River Stour near the Essex border (7) 35 The medical name for the shinbone (5) 36 The control centre of an organisation or operation (5,6) 37 A person who is formally appointed to an office or as a candidate (7)
Down
1 The world’s largest rodents, inhabiting riverbanks in Central and South America (9) 2 In Greek mythology, a fruit that induced forgetfulness and a dreamy languor in those who ate it (5) 3 See 26 4 A device for steering a boat, consisting of a vertical piece of wood or metal (6) 5 and 32 Character in A.A. Milne’s Winniethe-Pooh stories (11,5) 6 Of, or relating to, sheep (5) 7 A large retail shop offering a wide variety of merchandise (8) 8 British nurse who helped Allied soldiers escape from Belgium during the First World War (5,6) 9 A small wood or copse (7) 12 A place for concealing oneself, secluded spot (8) 16 A watercourse rising in south-west China in Qinghai province and flowing to an extensive delta on the South China Sea (6,5) 18 The rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk (11) 19 Small feral horses found in the Western plains of America (8) 23 A flaky deposit left in containers such as kettles by the action of heat on water containing calcium salts (9) 24 A short sentence recited or sung by the minister at a liturgical ceremony and responded to by the congregation (8) 25 Using exactly the same words, word for word (8) 26 and 3 Ralph ––– –––, English composer inspired by folk music, whose works include 1914’s The Lark Ascending (7,8) 28 Small stick of charcoal, wax, clay or chalk mixed with coloured pigment (6) 30 Anwar –––, the third President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981 (5) 32 See 5