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, April 8 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, April 24. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 Inland English county; part of Leicestershire from 1974-97 (7) 5 American boxer who was World Heavyweight Champion 1919-26 (4,7) 10 To search for underground water or minerals using a divining rod (5) 11 Marc ---, modernist artist associated with Cubism, Expressionism and other movements (7) 13 --- Saxon Chronicle, manuscript created during the reign of Alfred the Great (5) 14 A former name for Ethiopia (9) 15 Maiden name of the Duchess of Cambridge (9) 16 A foolish error or mistake (4) 17 Complete discretion or authority (5,7) 20 A fixed basin, especially in a kitchen (4) 21 Baggy knickerbockers reaching below the knee, formerly worn for golf (4,5) 22 Acronym by which the animal rights campaign group co-founded by Ingrid Newkirk in 1980 is known (4) 26 A trade bloc of nations, composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff (7,5) 27 A chess piece of the lowest theoretical value (4) 29 Residential or day care settings for babies and very young children (9) 31 A fictitious name adopted by an author (9) 33 A sharp implement used for shaving (5) 34 Mount ---, Earth’s highest mountain above sea level (7) 35 Hannah ---, British gold medallist in the Women’s 470 class sailing at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics (5) 36 Rich Austrian pastry with a bottom crust and lattice top and a filling of raspberry jam (6,5) 37 --- Green, British equestrian who was the 1982 Individual Eventing World Champion (7)
Down
1 Devices for heating rooms (9) 2--owl, bird of prey with reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes and a round head (5) 3 Extreme dislike or disinclination (8) 4 To pour a liquid from one container to another (6) 5 British writer and illustrator of the Topsy And Tim children’s books (4,7) 6 A trinket worn on a bracelet (5) 7 Late American singer and actor born Marvin Lee Aday (4,4) 8 In cricket, a large white panel set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batter in seeing the ball when it is bowled (5,6) 9 The capital city of Cameroon (7) 12 --- --- Johnson, First Lady of the United States 1963-69 (4,4) 16 American golfer who won seven major tournaments between 1922 and 1935 (4,7) 18 The lowest atmospheric layer of the Earth (11) 19 The whole or powdered seeds of a berry, tasting like a mixture of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg (8) 23 Herbaceous perennial plant such as the mugwort, sagebrush or wormwood (9) 24 Assured of finishing, accomplishing or succeeding (4,4) 25 An occurrence of a disease affecting people over a wide geographical area (8) 26 London Underground line printed in red on the Tube map (7) 28 Relating to the teeth (6) 30 A castrated male ox or bull (5) 32 A synthetic yarn or cloth (5)