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, March 11 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, March 27. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 The capital of Wales; seat of the Senedd Cymru (7)
5 A spirit of familiarity and trust existing between friends (11)
10 In certain games, a number of opportunities of participation (5)
11 Alan ---, the second person, and first American, to travel in space (7)
13 An aquatic South American rodent, similar to a small beaver but with a rat-like tail (5)
14 Signs or results of an event or occurrence considered collectively (9)
15 The most open or genuine (9)
16 Substitutes the soundtrack of a film, especially for one in a different language (4)
17 A person who has a profession or artistic skill (12)
20 The writing points of pens (4)
21 In the Roman Catholic Church, a small round skullcap worn by certain members of the clergy (9)
22 Game played on horseback using longhandled mallets (4)
26 Play by Anton Chekhov about the Prozorov family, written in 1900 (5,7)
27 In medieval Europe, an unfree person, especially one bound to the land (4)
29 Informal term for one’s spouse (5,4)
31 Spring plants with thick flower stalks bearing white, blue or pink fragrant flowers (9)
33 To attend to; take care of (3,2)
34 A one-piece pullover covering for the head and face (3,4)
35 Having or expressing innocence and credulity (5)
36 Cathedral in Northern England, the seat of the cleric holding the secondhighest office of the Church of England (4,7)
37 Formal military gestures of respect (7)
Down
1 James ---, Labour statesman who was Prime Minister 1976-79 (9)
2 A short metal pin for fastening two pieces together, with a head at one end and the other end hammered flat (5)
3 To make, carve or engrave a design or letters on a surface (8)
4 Relating to government finances, especially tax revenues (6)
5 Grinning character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland (8,3)
6 Resources or income (5)
7 Broken down or worn out (8)
8 20th-Century American film composer who was nominated for 18 Academy Awards and won three (3,8)
9 The great circle of the earth with a latitude of 0 degrees, lying equidistant from the poles (7)
12 People qualified in the branch of medical science concerned with the teeth and gums (8)
16 British actress who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar six times, including for The King And I (7,4)
18 To rid a situation of tension or discord by settling misunderstandings (5,3,3)
19 People who adhere to strict moral or religious principles (8)
23 People who watch over and direct others (9)
24 An object that has been in a family for generations (8)
25 Relating to a particular area of a country or of the world (8)
26 Leon ---, Russian revolutionary who largely created the Red Army (7)
28 Guy ---, member of a group of Roman Catholics who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (6)
30 A mock attack or movement designed to distract an adversary (5)
32 To affect or be affected by pollution or contamination (5)