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, September 3 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, September 19. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
10 Wooden or metal pegs (6) 11 An annual horse race run on the Flemington Racecourse in Australia since 1861 (9,3)
12 Low-lying flat areas of land that are marshy or artificially drained (4)
13 A person who has had a limb, or part of a limb, removed (7)
14 Richard –––, 19th Century German composer and conductor famous for his operas, including Lohengrin and Parsifal (6) 15 Device for applying
a design to a surface (7) 16 1877 novel by
Anna Sewell, fictional autobiography of a horse (5,6)
20 A military cap with a circular top and a horizontal peak (4)
21 A horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779 (3,4)
22 A state of the North West
US, on the Pacific (6)
23 Wood, especially when regarded as a construction material (6) 25 Acrobatic feats, especially
somersaults (7)
27 A shade of a colour (4)
28 A legal holiday in most states of the US commemorating the discovery of America, traditionally celebrated on October 12 (8,3)
29 A pronounceable name made up of a series of initial letters (7)
32 A great number of people or things crowded together (6)
35 The aquatic larva of frogs
and toads (7)
36 A distinctive air or quality, characteristic of a person or thing (4)
37 Academy Award-winning American film director, screenwriter and producer who married Julie Andrews in 1969 (5,7)
38 Steep, high rock
faces (6)
Down
1 American actor who has starred in films including Taxi Driver and Raging Bull (6,2,4)
2 Capital city and port
on the Gulf of Finland (8) 3 Alberto –––, Italian racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1952 and 1953 (6)
4 A state of North Brazil,
on the Amazon delta (5) 5 A small fleet, or a fleet
of small vessels (8)
6 Medieval fortress in Kent founded in the 11th Century (5,6)
7 A name for the pouchlike expanded part of the oesophagus of birds (4)
8 The capital and largest
city of Serbia (8)
9 1965 science-fiction novel by American author
Frank Herbert (4)
17 Periods of high economic
growth (5)
18 Peter –––, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer 1957-58 (12) 19 An area of Northwest London in the Borough of Camden (7,4)
21 To pulsate or beat repeatedly, especially with increased force (5) 24 A Greek long-necked, stringed musical instrument related to the mandolin (8)
26 Curves or bends
in a river (8)
27 Of, or relating to, the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs (8) 30 To close or squeeze
together tightly (6)
31 According to tradition, a 5th Century warrior and brother of Hengist, who took part in the invasion and conquest of Britain (5)
33 A disc or ring of light around the head of an angel or saint (4)
34 Butter clarified by boiling, used in Indian cookery (4)