The £1,000 crossword

ACROSS

1 Tony _, actor who starred with Jack Lemmon in the 1959 film Some Like It Hot (6)

5 English author of espionage novels including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974) (4,2,5)

10 A small two-wheeled passenger vehicle drawn by one or two people (8)

11 A fishing port and resort in

Suffolk, on the North Sea (9) 12 Any of various perennial shrubs or plants, with large pink, red or white flowers (5) 14 A defect, flaw or stain (7)

16 A ridge of rock, sand or coral, just above or just below the surface of the sea (4)

18 and 42 Across. US writer whose short stories inspired Guys And Dolls (5,6)

19 Immanuel _, philosopher who wrote the Critique Of

Pure Reason (1781) (4)

20 The capital of the US state

of Maryland (9)

23 Terrestrial birds with long strong legs, heavy bodies and long necks (8)

24 A winter sports resort in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland (8)

25 Retaliatory actions against

an enemy in wartime (9)

28 Long, thick hair growing from

the neck of a lion or horse (4) 29 Greta _, Swedish-born 20thcentury Hollywood actress (5) 31 Payments given for services in excess of the standard charge; gratuities (4)

33 James _, the friend and biographer of Samuel

Johnson (7)

35 Cattle _, sets of metal bars covering hollows in roadways, intended to prevent livestock from passing over (5)

39 Small brightly coloured

parrots feeding on nectar (9) 40 Members of one of the junior branches of Girlguiding UK, usually aged between seven and 10 years (8)

41 A calm area of the North

Atlantic, with no shores (8,3) 42 See 18 Across

DOWN

2 _ the Union, trade union led by Len Mccluskey since 2011 (5)

3 A symbol or visible representation of a fact, quality, feeling, etc (5)

4 A district of London in the City of Westminster, chiefly known for restaurants, clubs, etc (4) 5 A precious or semiprecious

stone (5)

6 A ductile superconductive metallic element, used in steel alloys (7)

7 Small active African mammal

with an elongated nose (8,5) 8 Nancy _, the first woman to serve as an MP in the British House of Commons (5)

9 Spanish tennis player with 18 Grand Slam singles titles (6,5)

12 Large American feline mammal with a plain greyishbrown coat and a long tail (4) 13 A port in western Scotland,

on the Firth of Lorn (4)

15 Sections of play in bowling

or curling (4)

17 Pedigree animals,

particularly racehorses (13) 19 John _, English poet whose works include “Ode On A Grecian Urn” (1819) (5)

21 Martina _, tennis player who won the Wimbledon women’s singles title nine times (11) 22 Another name for the white

poplar (5)

25 The capital city of Italy (4)

26 A town in northwest Italy famous for its sparkling wine (4)

27 Wooden, metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow (4)

30 A dish of rice cooked in stock and served with vegetables, meat, etc (7)

32 A type of big band music influenced by jazz, popular in the 1930s (5)

34 In astrology, the seventh

sign of the zodiac (5)

36 An argument or quarrel (3-2) 37 Caused by (3,2)

38 An uncastrated male pig (4)