THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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1 Former name of the ndonesian island of Sulawesi (7)
5 One of the ten divine rules of behaviour according to the Old Testament (11)
10 Family of Italian violin makers who flourished at Cremona in the 16th and 17th Centuries (5)
11 Thomas –––, sainted
13th Century Italian theologian, philosopher and Dominican friar (7)
13 In cricket, the fielding position on the leg side closest to the bowler (3-2)
14 Small common European bird with a reddish body and blue-grey head in the male (9)
15 Person appointed to look after the funds of a society or organisation (9)
16 Ayn –––, 20th Century Russian-American novelist whose works included
The Fountainhead (4)
17 The Prime Minister
of Australia 1972-75 (5,7)
20 Money paid to be a member of a club or organisation (4)
21 A small round or oval
portion of meat or fish (9)
22 A small piece of cotton or gauze used for cleaning a wound (4)
26 People who dislike or distrust others or humankind in general (12)
27 Film –––, cinematic genre
of stylish Hollywood crime
dramas, especially of the 1940s and 1950s (4)
29 Northern oceanic diving bird with a black-andwhite plumage and long, narrow bill (9)
31 Greek tragic dramatist whose plays included Alcestis and Medea (9)
33 Any of various irises with
fragrant rhizomes (5)
34 John –––, American actor who played Winston Churchill in Netflix series The Crown (7)
35 Marco –––, US senator who was an opponent of Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries (5)
36 A luminous region that sometimes appears around church spires and ships’ masts, caused by atmospheric electricity (2,5,4)
37 Form of pasta consisting of wide, flat, sheets, or a dish made with it (7) Down
1 Sticks or pencils of carbon, used for drawing (9)
2 The capital city of Tibet
in South West China (5)
3 A meeting at which detailed information or instructions are given (8)
4 Spots, marks or
discolorations (6)
5 A lazy person whose recreation consists chiefly of watching television (5,6)
6 Edouard –––, 19th Century French painter whose works included Un Bar
Aux Folies-Bergère (5)
7 Of, or involving, the home
or family (8)
8 Small, white blossom of a type of shrub or small tree, used for making wine and cordial (11)
9 A childish fit of rage (7)
12 ––– Forest, ancient woodland in Nottinghamshire, famous as the home of Robin Hood (8)
16 Maximilien –––, influential figure of the French Revolution, executed in 1794 (11)
18 A large bird of prey of mountainous regions of the Northern hemisphere (6,5)
19 A thick, white sauce (8)
23 An obsolete name for
sulphur (9)
24 A personification of the government of the United States (5,3)
25 The –––, a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (8)
26 The soft, limbless larvae of insects such as the housefly and blowfly (7)
28 Small hand tool used
for gardening (6)
30 A member of a people of
Rwanda and Burundi (5)
32 To locate and remove concealed microphones from a room (5)