THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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 21 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, February 6. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across 10 A former British unit of dry or liquid measure equal to eight imperial gallons (6)
11 American screenwriter who wrote Spartacus and co-wrote Roman Holiday (6,6)
12 Long thin scarves, usually
of feathers or fur (4)
13 Island state in the Caribbean, a former British colony which became independent in 1974 (7)
14 An apparition or ghost (6)
15 Enduring energy, strength and resilience (7)
16 Football manager who won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest in 1979 and 1980 (5,6)
20 A rare black-and-grey shortwinged Hawaiian goose (4) 21 Units of a poem (7) 22 A person, animal or thing considered to bring good luck (6)
23 John ---, 17th-Century poet and civil servant who wrote Paradise Lost (6)
25 One of a pair of appendages on the heads of insects or crustaceans (7) 27 An unexpected, minor, and temporary deviation from a general trend (4) 28 Open-air sales of cheap and often second-hand goods (4,7) 29 A two-wheeled horsedrawn vehicle used in ancient Rome (7)
32 A meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes (6)
35 Something bought or
offered at a low price (7)
36 Concessions or bribes given to placate or mollify (4)
37 The methods and resources for accomplishing some purpose (4,3,5)
38 Dorothy L. ---, English crime writer best known for creating fictional aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey (6)
Down
1 Ordinary, average or undistinguished in quality, character or nature (3-2-3-4)
2 Battle of --- ---, offensive of the First World War which took place between July and November 1916 (3,5)
3 A vessel having a handle,
spout and narrow neck (6)
4 French word meaning
goodbye (5)
5 Island in San Francisco
Bay, West California; site of a federal prison 1934-63 (8)
6 The formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign (5,6)
7 To pack or store (4) 8 Administrative heads of
museums or art galleries (8)
9 To assist or encourage, especially in crime or wrongdoing (4)
17 An orange-brown
European butterfly with ragged-edged wings (5)
18 Football stadium in
Walton, Liverpool; home of Everton FC (8,4)
19 The 44th President of the
United States (6,5)
21 --- Monica, beachfront city in Western Los
Angeles county (5)
24 Spiny-finned bottomdwelling marine fish of tropical and temperate seas (8)
26 Period of instruction given to a small group or a single student (8)
27 Clarence ---, American inventor of methods of fast-freezing foods (8)
30 --- broker, a mediator in disputes, especially international ones (6)
31 Flowering garden plant with rounded velvety petals (5)
33 River in Central Russia, rising in mountains of the same name and flowing to the Caspian Sea (4)
34 A slender prong,
especially of a fork (4)