THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
Across
Zachary ---, twelfth President of the United States (6) A city and port in South East 10 11 12 Pennsylvania, founded by William Penn (12) --- Park, public park in central London; famous for Speakers’ Corner (4) A republic in South America, 13 14 on the Pacific (7) A book of the Old Testament, about a Hebrew girl who became the queen of Persia (6) Lord ---, second husband of 15 16 Mary, Queen of Scots (7) 1st Viscount ---, title of newspaper and publishing magnate Alfred Harmsworth (11) 20 Peter ---, 17th Century Dutch-English artist who painted Oliver Cromwell “warts and all” (4) 21 Breathing tube supplying air to a partially-submerged swimmer (7) 22 --- salad, a dish of lettuce, cheese and croutons with a dressing of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice (6) 23 Fish of tropical and temperate seas, with thick lips, strong teeth and a bright coloration (6) 25 International cricket ground in Kennington, South London (3,4) 27 A wharf or pier (4) 28 20th Century Welsh poet whose best-known works include the “play for voices” Under Milk Wood (5,6) 29 A speech or written communication, especially a formal one (7) 32 Traditional sayings; proverbs (6) 35 An artistic movement of the early 20th Century, characterised by the use of bright colours and simplified forms (7) 36 Joan ---, Catalan Spanish painter and sculptor (4) 37 A mild orange-coloured cheese, similar to Cheddar (3,9) 38 Large wading birds with very long legs and long, pointed bills (6)
Down
1 Queen of England for nine days in 1553 (4,4,4) 2 The most northerly of the Channel Islands (8) 3 A republic in South East Europe and a founding member of the United Nations (6) 4 A tube, pipe, chute, etc. allowing the passage or pouring of liquids or grain (5) 5 The capital city of Namibia (8) 6 Martina ---, tennis player who won the Wimbledon women’s singles title nine times (11) 7 Saint known as the Venerable ---, monk and scholar noted for his Ecclesiastical History Of The English People (4) 8 The Supermarine ---, a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the RAF during World War II (8) 9 American coin worth ten cents (4) 17 --- Beaton, 20th Century English photographer, diarist and stage and costume designer (5) 18 Elizabethan navigator who was vice admiral of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588 (7,5) 19 Surname of the French inventor brothers who built and ascended in the first practical hot-air balloon (11) 21 An old kind of wheat now favoured as a health food (5) 24 Arthur ---, president of the National Union of Mineworkers 1982-2002 (8) 26 To withdraw from a place of danger to a place of greater safety (8) 27 National Park in South West Devon (8) 30 A fabric, usually silk or linen, with a pattern woven into it, used for table linen, curtains, etc. (6) 31 A woman’s semicircular jewelled headdress (5) 33 A musical composition for two performers or voices (4) 34 A short theatrical sketch or act, usually comical (4)