THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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Across
10 A figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another (6) 11 A head waiter; the front of house manager of a restaurant (6,6) 12 --- vera, a juice obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, used in skin preparations (4) 13 The former standard monetary unit of Greece (7) 14 City in Northern France, home to a large Gothic cathedral (6) 15 A short story used to illustrate a religious or ethical point (7) 16 Alec --- ---, Prime Minister of the UK from October 1963 to October 1964 (7-4) 20 In the Old Testament, the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered by his brother (4) 21 A pale-green transparent olivine found in the Mogok district of Myanmar, used as a gemstone (7) 22 Surname of the family in H.E.Bates’ novella The Darling Buds Of May (6) 23 The largest of the four main islands of Japan (6) 25 Country in Southern Africa, the capital of which is Windhoek (7) 27 Long tapered shafts used to play billiards or snooker (4) 28 Horror film directed by William Friedkin (3,8) 29 Exponent of an avant-garde artistic movement of the early 20th Century (7) 32 Political and spiritual leader of India who pioneered the resistance of tyranny through nonviolent civil disobedience (6) 35 The ---, row of three chalk stacks off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight (7) 36 The part of the eyeball consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid (4) 37 A pigment which occurs in plants and fruits (12) 38 A white or unbleached cotton fabric with no printed design (6)
Down
1 The founder and first general of the Salvation Army (7,5) 2 Major Irish political party, formed in 1933 (4,4) 3 Gregor ---, Augustinian priest and scientist whose study of pea plants led to the foundation of genetics (6) 4 The capital of Jordan, north-east of the Dead Sea (5) 5 --- Palace, former Royal residence where Elizabeth I died in 1603 (8) 6 The --- ---, 1925 novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald (5,6) 7 A medieval Icelandic literary work (4) 8 In the Old Testament, one of Pharaoh’s officials, who bought Joseph as a slave (8) 9 Aquatic bird with a forked tail and grey-andwhite plumage (4) 17 Town in Scotland, on the Firth of Forth (5) 18 The first address in parliament of a newly elected or appointed member (6,6) 19 A gorge of the Colorado River in North Arizona, USA (5,6) 21 The second-largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, classified as a planet until 2006 (5) 24 Pen name of French writer Marie-Henri Beyle, whose novels included Le Rouge Et Le Noir (8) 26 Jules ---, French composer best known for his operas, which included Manon (8) 27 A long, sleeveless outer vestment worn by a Christian priest when celebrating Mass (8) 30 A region of North East France between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine, famous for its wines (6) 31 Frederick ---, the lookout aboard the Titanic who warned the bridge of the iceberg (5) 33 To assist or encourage, especially in crime or wrongdoing (4) 34 A republic in West Asia, the capital of which is Tehran (4)