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, September 2 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, September 18. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

10 Clement ---, British Prime

Minister 1945-51 (6)

11 Word meaning ‘fond of music’, used in the name of orchestras, choirs and societies (12) 12 A white, grey, brown or pale green mineral, found in metamorphic rocks (4) 13 Sturdy walking shoes, often with ornamental perforations (7)

14 Drink made of beer mixed with lemonade (6) 15 A utensil with a broad, flat blade, used for lifting or spreading food (7) 16 Chairs that have a soft comfortable covering (11) 20 See 32

21 Philip ---, British politician who was the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer (7)

22 The Little ---, 1943 novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (6)

23 Borough of Southwest London in which Wimbledon is located (6) 25 A naturally occurring or synthetic compound that has large molecules made up of many repeated units (7)

27 --- Dancer, 1972 Elton

John song (4)

28 A body of literature regarded as great or lasting (3,8) 29 A large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons (7)

32, 17 Down and 20

A town and resort in

North Somerset, on the Bristol Channel (6-5-4)

35 Downcast, furtive or guilty in appearance or manner (7)

36 An agreement between two or more parties or nations (4)

37 A person who is first in a line of succession and cannot be displaced (4,8) 38 Agile, long-legged rodent

with hoof-like claws (6)

Down

1 Highly populous state of Northern India, the capital of which is Lucknow (5,7)

2 Denoting an occasion when a dinner jacket should be worn (5,3)

3 Burrowing rodent inhabiting hot dry regions of Asia and Africa (6)

4 A hard-surfaced area in front of, or around, an aircraft hangar or terminal (5)

5 A premolar tooth (8)

6 A person’s features or characteristic expression, considered as an indication of personality (11)

7 Coat of ---, the heraldic bearings of a person, family or corporation (4) 8 Nadia ---, Romanian gymnast awarded the first perfect score of

10 in an Olympic gymnastics event (8)

9 The --- Piper of Hamelin, legendary German figure (4)

17 See 32 Across 18 Unconventional or

irregular behaviour (12)

19 An outdoor pile of decayed plants and vegetable waste (7,4)

21 --- Ana, the second largest

city in El Salvador (5)

24 Habitually silent, reserved

or uncommunicative (8) 26 Documents giving official permission to do something (8)

27 Hunter S. ---, American journalist and author who wrote the novel Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (8) 30 Type of sleeve that continues in one piece to the collar (6)

31 Clifford ---, 20th-Century American playwright and screenwriter whose works include 1935’s Waiting For Lefty (5)

33 Large jug or pitcher

with a wide mouth (4)

34 --- Valley, wine-growing

region of California (4)