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, May 13 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, May 29. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

10 A writing desk with pigeonholes and drawers (6)

11 A watercourse in

Northeast North America, connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario (7,5)

12 To transfer or surrender

something (4)

13 A mild powdered seasoning made from a sweet variety of red pepper (7)

14 A vigorous fight, scuffle

or struggle (6)

15 A dish of small pieces of meat or vegetables cooked rapidly in a wok or frying pan over a high heat (4-3) 16 The symbols used in a work

of art or art movement (11) 20 An appendage on certain seeds, such as those of the yew and nutmeg (4)

21 A confection of nuts with caramelised sugar, used in desserts and as a filling for chocolates (7)

22 Deficient in amount, quality

or extent (6)

23 Thomas ---, English political philosopher whose best-known work was Leviathan (6)

25 Croquette made from a mixture of minced cooked meat, coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried (7) 27 A large brown seaweed (4) 28 The first actor to play

James Bond on film (4,7) 29 Long, narrow trenches made in the ground by a plough (7)

32 Buoyant garments or devices to aid people in water (6)

35 A pirate or buccaneer (7) 36 See 3 Down

37 American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 for her collected works (4,8)

38 A device that receives a signal or stimulus and responds to it (6)

Down

1 English First World War poet who wrote sonnets including ‘The Soldier’ (6,6) 2 Relating to the brain

or intelligence (8)

3 and 36 Across A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, consisting of icy debris (6,4)

4 A small pair of shears used for cutting sheet metal (5)

5 A small ensemble of street musicians in Mexico (8)

6 American author and poet whose first autobiography was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (4,7)

7 Manner of walking

or running (4)

8 The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (8) 9 A loud, prolonged, usually reverberating sound, as of bells, thunder or laughter (4)

17 In golf, a short putt that one is excused by one’s opponent from playing (5)

18 British Labour Party politician who was

Prime Minister 1964-70 and 1974-76 (6,6)

19 A police officer’s proof

of identity (7,4)

21 Pasta sauce made from basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, oil and Parmesan cheese (5)

24 In the Old Testament, the youngest and best-loved son of

Jacob and Rachel (8)

26 A sudden or unexpected

event or gift (8)

27 German engineer generally regarded as the inventor of the petrol-powered automobile (4,4)

30 A troubled or rebellious

state of discontent (6)

31 The public declaration

of an intended marriage (5) 33 Landlocked Southeast Asian republic bounded in the West by the

Mekong River (4)

34 Small round pellets of lead collectively, as used in cartridges (4)