THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £1,500
There’s an amazing £1,500 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, January 15 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, January 31. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
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Pertaining to the highest-pitched member 1 5 of a family of musical instruments (7) Members of a particular grade of healthcare worker in a hospital (5,6) A belief, opinion 10 11 or dogma (5) Pablo – – –, notorious Colombian drug lord believed to be the wealthiest criminal in history (7) 13 In maths, the term describing an angle less than 90 degrees (5) 14 A rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs and seasoning (9) 15 Plant with small, white-and-purple, two-lipped flowers, formerly used to treat optical disorders (9) 16 A vertical side member of a door or window frame (4) 17 People who attempt to obtain money by intimidation (12) 20 The national style of wrestling of Japan (4) 21 Central American republic which gained independence from Spain in 1821 (5,4) 22 A kiln for drying hops (4) 26 Not having managed to do something (12) The first name of the 27 receptionist in the British sitcom The Office (4) 29 Any dry feed or fodder for domestic livestock (9) 31 Tenth book of the New Testament (9) 33 A film, play or series that is broadcast or put on again (5) 34 An organised series of races of yachts or rowing boats (7) 35 A ruminant mammal of Central African forests, with horizontal white stripes on the legs (5) 36 A device fitted to a vehicle to measure and display how fast the vehicle is moving (11) 37 – – – Chapel, Vatican chapel famous for its Renaissance frescos by Michelangelo and others (7)
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1 Structured sets of information held on computer (9) 2 Ayrton – – –, 20th Century Brazilian racing driver, a three-times Formula One world champion (5) 3 Words which mean the opposite of other words (8) 4 A dissertation resulting from original research (6) 5 Aquatic plant, Nelumbo nucifera, playing a central role in the art of Indian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism (6,5) 6 A leisurely motion in walking (5)
7 Confident and not at all nervous (8) 8 Debut novel by Douglas Stuart, awarded the 2020 Booker Prize (7,4) 9 Informal word for detectives (7) 12 A tall marsh plant with strap-like leaves and long, brown, sausage-shaped flower spikes (4,4) 16 Founding Father and fifth president of the United States (5,6) 18 Part of a petrol engine in which air and petrol are mixed together (11) 19 A bullfighter (8) 23 A mechanical gate or barrier with metal arms that admit one person at a time (9) 24 Tested or checked so as to determine suitability for a task (8) 25 Woodwind instruments, tenors of the oboe family (8) 26 Officials who rule on the playing of a game such as cricket or baseball (7) 28 Large groups of aquatic animals, especially fish (6) 30 Peter – – –, English doctor, writer and inventor best known for his dictionary of synonyms known as the Thesaurus (5) 32 In zoology, a large order of small arachnids which comprises mites and ticks (5)