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, April 13 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, April 29. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 A port in South Wales, on an inlet of the Bristol Channel (7) 5 A resort in West Sussex on the English Channel (6,5) 10 ––– Wars, series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage (5) 11 A humorous precept stating that if something can go wrong, or turn out inconveniently, it will (4,3) 13 Town in Cheshire, a major railway junction (5) 14 A large breed of dog with a short, smooth, white coat with black or brown spots (9) 15 A small square of cloth or paper used whilst eating (9)
16 and 37 The First Minister of Scotland 2007-2014 (4,7) 17 Dictator who was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (6,6) 20 The highest point, vertex (4) 21 William –––, British economist whose 1942 report served as the basis for the post World War II welfare state (9) 22 The ability to reason and act, especially quickly (4) 26 The Parisian official residence of the President of France (6,6) 27 In Christianity, long, white, linen vestments with sleeves, worn by priests (4) 29 (Of a novel or play) holding topical issues up to scorn by means of ridicule and irony (9) 31 A plant with large reddish or white flowers, also called the belladonna lily (9) 33 A republic in North East Africa, on the Mediterranean and the Red Sea (5) 34 An impelling movement or force (7) 35 ––– Temple, one of the four legal societies in London that together form the Inns of Court (5) 36 The state of losing or causing to lose water (11) 37 See 16
Down
1 A large, tropical-American evergreen tree which yields chicle (9) 2 The recorded events of one year (5) 3 Athenian philosopher who died by drinking hemlock (8) 4 To descend a steep slope or vertical drop by a rope secured from above (6) 5 Robert – – – – – –, British founder of the Scouting Movement (5-6) 6 20th Century topical cartoonist most famous for his work in the Daily Express (5) 7 Written acknowledgments that payment or delivery has been made (8) 8 A vast region of North America east of the Rocky Mountains (5,6) 9 In Ireland, Scotland and South Africa, a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally (7) 12 Wild pigs of Southern and East Africa, with heavy tusks and manes of coarse hair (8) 16 A Welsh resort and university town on Cardigan Bay (11) 18 English blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, a member of 1960s band Cream (4,7) 19 Amerigo –––, Florentine navigator in the New World, after whom the Americas were named (8) 23 Denoting an activity organised to raise money for a charity, in which people agree to donate money on completion of the activity (9) 24 Having a notched or sawlike edge (8) 25 A poster advertising a play, or the programme of a play (8) 26 The ––– –––, a part of London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped (4,3) 28 A syrupy blackcurrant drink or flavouring (6) 30 Fra Filippo –––, 15th Century Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his frescoes at Prato Cathedral (5) 32 In music, to be performed slowly (5)