THE PRIZE CROSSWORD

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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, June 12 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, June 28. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

10 Alternative name for a dinner jacket (6)

11 Mostly evergreen shrub originally native to South Asia, which has clusters of showy red, purple, pink or white flowers (12)

12 An open pastry or sponge tart filled with fruit or a savoury mixture (4)

13 See 38

14 Something that is made again, especially a new version of an old film (6)

15 John –––, American tennis player who won the Wimbledon singles title three times in the 1980s (7)

16 Nonvenomous North American reptile, typically marked with longitudinal stripes (6,5)

20 Supports for golf balls, usually small wooden or plastic pegs (4)

21 A deciduous shrub with edible brown nuts, a species of hazel (7)

22 Large or deep bowls used for holding liquids or for mixing or storing food (6)

23 Layers of sedimentary rock (6)

25 Humorous drawing in a newspaper or magazine (7)

27 Robert –––, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1834-35 and 1841-46 (4)

28 Brightly-coloured fish of tropical and temperate seas, with a compressed body and a prominent first dorsal fin with two or three spines (11)

29 Branch of medicine concerned with the ear and its disorders (7)

32 One of the world’s oldest cities and the largest city in Greece (6)

35 Latin phrase meaning ‘within the womb’ (2,5)

36 The traditional dress of women of India and Pakistan (4)

37 The southernmost and westernmost city of New Zealand (12)

38 and 13 Belgian-born actress who starred in films including Roman Holiday and Breakfast At Tiffany’s (6,7)

Down

1 The part of an economy that consists of stateowned institutions (6,6)

2 The –––, range of hills separating North West and North East England (8)

3 Mark –––, 20th Century Russian-American painter who used colour as a sole means of expression (6)

4 A diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables, each measured along one of a pair of axes at right angles (5)

5 The people living in a particular country or area (8)

6 An association or idea suggested by a word or phrase, implication (11)

7 A low dam built across a river to raise the water level, divert the water or control its flow (4)

8 Leftover pieces or things (8)

9 See 17

17 and 9 Late Labour politician who was Foreign Secretary 1997-2001 (5,4)

18 A nursery or pre-school (12)

19 Site of a former priory in the City of London (11)

21 Signalling device producing a bright flame (5)

24 An island of North Wales, separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait (8)

26 Russian religious mystic perceived to have influenced Tsar Nicholas

II, his wife Alexandra and their son Alexei (8)

27 Strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground, especially for defence (8)

30 The part of an insect’s body between the head and abdomen, which bears the wings and legs (6)

31 Pieces of transparent material, usually attached to hats or headdresses (5)

33 A musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality and volume (4)

34 Fabric cone used to indicate wind direction (4)