The £1,000 crossword
ACROSS
1 Roy _, British Labour Party politician who served as Deputy Leader of the party 1983-92 (10)
5 “I do not _ to know, where many ignorant men are sure – that is all agnosticism means” (Clarence Darrow) (7) 10 An internal telephone system to communicate within a building, aircraft, etc (8)
11 Rachael _ _, captain of the England women’s cricket team 1966-78 (6,5)
12 Firm upholstered cushions
used for kneeling on (8)
13 Harold _, American film actor and producer famous for his silent comedies (5)
14 Obstinate or stupid (7)
17 Pasta in the form of short,
ridged tubes (8)
20 Of or relating to sheep (5)
21 Large jug or pitcher with a
wide mouth (4)
22 An aromatic plant with finely
dissected leaves (4)
23 The Japanese art of fencing
with bamboo swords (5)
26 Band of tough fibrous tissue that restricts joint movement, connects bones or cartilage, etc (8)
28 Steak _, raw minced steak mixed with onion and seasonings, often served with a raw egg yolk (7)
30 Lord _, Scottish broadcasting executive; Director-general of the BBC 1927-38 (5)
31 Climbing leguminous plant cultivated for its butterflyshaped fragrant flowers (5,3) 33 The Shadow Home
Secretary since 2016 and the first black woman to become an MP (5,6)
34 Herman _, 19th-century US novelist famous for his masterpiece Moby-dick (8)
35 A bikini top in the form of a
narrow band of material (7)
36 John _, English novelist and playwright who wrote
The Forsyte Saga and its sequels (10)
DOWN
1 Anne _, William
Shakespeare’s wife (8)
2 Violent tropical storm or cyclone that happens especially in the Pacific
Ocean (7)
3 Very light, fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites, which can be either sweet or savoury (7) 4 Either of the two occasions, six months apart, when day and night are of equal length (7)
6 Last _, final prayers for a dying person performed by a priest (5)
7 A book, often in many volumes, containing articles on various topics, often in alphabetical order (12)
8 Of or involving the home
or family (8)
9 An amount of money taken
from a bank account (10)
15 American composer and lyricist whose songs included White Christmas (1942), Happy Holiday
(1942) and Anything You
Can Do (I Can Do Better) (1946) (6,6)
16 A long, narrow stiff leaf,
especially of a conifer (6)
18 Member of a Hindu people, descended from Brahmins and Rajputs, living chiefly in Nepal (6)
19 A person who owns their
own business (4,6)
24 A group of people who arrange to meet suddenly in a public place to do something for a short time (5,3)
25 A place where the dead or
their ashes are buried (8)
27 Prospero’s daughter in William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest (7)
28 Declarations of intent to
inflict harm, pain or misery (7) 29 A flat-bottomed drinking container with no handle or stem (7)
32 A 19th-century Bohemian dance with three steps and a hop (5)