THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £1,500
ACROSS
1 ––– Lyle, Scottish golfer who won the Open in 1985 and the Masters in 1988 (5) 4 ABBA, The Cardigans and Ace Of Base for instance (6) 8 Bill Haley & His –––, band who had a hit with Rock Around The Clock (6) 12 Black-and-white mammals known for their ability to spray strong-smelling liquid (6) 13 The surname of George & Mildred in the TV sitcom of the same name (5) 14 John –––, US author of the Harry ‘Rabbit’ Angstrom novels (6) 15 Victorian novelist who wrote under the name Acton Bell (4,6) 16 In biology, the ability to move spontaneously and actively using energy in so doing (8) 17 Niki –––, Formula One racing driver seriously injured in the 1976 German Grand Prix (5) 19 Rock band formed by the brothers Ron and Russell Mael (6) 22 ––– Swamp, a State Park in North Carolina (6) 25 Anglo-Saxon rebel of the 11th Century who defended the Isle of Ely against the Normans (8,3,4) 28 The ––– For Scandal, a Sheridan play first performed in 1777 (6) 29 Children’s fantasy novel by Alan Garner first published in 1965 (6) 30 Arthur –––, English comedian whose catchphrases included ‘Hello, playmates’ (5) 32 The ––– Order, AKA the religious Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem (8) 35 Jodie Foster movie of 2005 based loosely on The Lady Vanishes and set on a plane (10) 37 European breed of chicken distinguished by a prominent crest of feathers (6) 38 Melvyn –––, presenter of the Radio 4 discussion programme In Our Time (5) 39 ––– Freud, English painter born in Berlin in 1922 (6) 40 ––– cars, fairground ride also paradoxically called bumper cars (6) 41 The capital city of Turkey (6) 42 Tatum –––, Oscar-winning actress once married to John McEnroe (5)
DOWN
2 US state north of Louisiana and south of Missouri (8) 3 Joe –––, director of Piranha, Innerspace, and both Gremlins movies (5) 5 Tolstoy novel set around the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (3,3,5) 6 Jacqueline –––, English musician celebrated for her 1965 recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto (2,3) 7 New –––, the official name of the Wiltshire city of Salisbury until 2009 (5) 8 Area of Ireland found within the province of Ulster (6,4) 9 The –––, a song recorded by Kraftwerk in 1978 (5) 10 UK pop group whose first TV appearance was on a 1990 episode of The Hit Man And Her singing My Kind Of Girl (4,4) 11 The immoral practice of lending money at high interest rates (5) 18 Don ––– de la Vega, the real name of masked fictional outlaw Zorro (5) 20 Measurements in circles that are half the length of diameters (5) 21 –––’s cat, theoretical scenario illustrating a paradox in quantum mechanics (11) 23 BBC sitcom starring Hattie Jacques that ran from 1972-79 (5) 24 Lynda –––, Loose Women host and actress in a series of stock cube adverts (10) 26 Title of a book by Nietzsche, and paintings by Bosch and Caravaggio (4,4) 27 Kiri –––, New Zealand soprano who was made a dame in the 1982 Queen’s Birthday Honours (2,6) 31 James –––, director of Frankenstein and The Bride Of Frankenstein in the 1930s (5) 33 Stephen –––, Labour MP who unseated Michael Portillo in the 1997 general election (5) 34 UK Government crisis response committee named after Cabinet Office Briefing Room A (5) 35 Title of Amy Winehouse’s first album and a 2014 Michael Fassbender film (5) 36 Type of nut, often baked in a pie with corn syrup as a US holiday treat (5)