£1,000 Crossword
ACROSS
1 British _, breed of black pig with a white band across its shoulders and forelegs (10)
5 Ancient city port and province in
Campania, Italy (7)
10 Fit, worthy or qualified, as for an
office or function (8)
11 Austrian author and critic who wrote Bambi, A Life In The Woods (1923) (5,6)
12 Shaved the crown of the head (8) 13 Peninsula of Egypt; a land bridge
between Asia and Africa (5)
14 A liquid substance containing the properties of a plant or foodstuff in concentrated form (7)
17 Small canisters containing
explosives (8)
20 Jewish holiday commemorating the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre planned for them by Haman (Esther 9) (5)
21 The rendered fat from a pig,
used in cooking (4)
22 _ VI, Italian ecclesiastic; pope
1963-78 (4)
23 A charming or picturesque scene
or event (5)
26 Daley _, athlete who won the decathlon gold medal at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games (8) 28 Carried or spread news or
information (7)
30 A communal meal in the early Christian Church taken in commemoration of the
Last Supper (5)
31 Alastair _, director of communications and strategy for Prime Minister Tony Blair 2000-2003 (8)
33 Welsh composer, singer and actor whose songs included Keep The Home Fires Burning (4,7) 34 Holes or tanks in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow (8)
35 Arthur _, English illustrator whose works appeared in many children’s books (7)
36 Fluffy confection made from
coloured spun sugar (10)
DOWN
1 Very light dishes made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites (8)
2 To differ or diverge or cause to differ or diverge, as in belief or thought (7)
3 The pulp remaining after the extraction of juice from sugar cane or similar plants; used as fuel and for making paper etc (7)
4 The 26 political divisions
of Switzerland (7)
6 Of, relating to, or resembling
a bird (5)
7 The 1st Earl of Leicester;
favourite of Elizabeth I (6,6) 8 An excessive quantity of
drugs (8)
9 A former name for the Celsius
temperature scale (10)
15 The _ _ _, musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, adapted for a 1965 film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (5,2,5)
16 The grounds and buildings of
a university (6)
18 Plant cultivated for its crisp, curly leaves, which are used in salads (6)
19 A person whose job is to collect news and write about it for newspapers, magazines, television or radio (10)
24 A vehicle strengthened and modified for a form of racing in which participants often collide (5,3)
25 Mass of lymphoid tissue at the back of the throat behind the uvula (8)
27 Another name for the
Virgin Mary (7)
28 A name for a fox, used in
medieval tales, fables etc (7) 29 _ gland, an endocrine gland at the anterior end of each kidney (7)
32 Genus of flowering plants which includes some heathers (5)