THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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Across
10 A Japanese system
of self-defence (6)
11 The ---, nickname of the team of law enforcement agents led by Eliot Ness in Chicago in the 1930s (12)
12 Admiralty ---, London landmark building commissioned by
Edward VII in memory of Queen Victoria (4)
13 Jimmy ---, American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1974 and 1982 (7)
14 --- grass, plant growing on sandy shores, used to stabilise sand dunes (6)
15 William ---, English critic and essayist of the early
19th Century (7)
16 West African republic on
the Atlantic (6,5)
20 A street or yard lined by buildings converted from stables into dwellings (4)
21 Hard glassy red, yellow or green minerals, used as gemstones and abrasives (7) 22 Literary form for which the Forward Prizes are awarded (6)
23 To trade goods and services in exchange for other goods and services (6)
25 Republic in central
Europe, the capital of which is Vienna (7)
27 Imran ---, former cricketer and prime minister of Pakistan 2018-22 (4) 28 French-born PostImpressionist artist known for his depictions of Tahitian life (4,7)
29 A citrus fruit with a loose rind and easily separable segments (7)
32 To counterbalance or
compensate for (6)
35 A gift or statement made in acknowledgment, gratitude or admiration (7)
36 A destroyed or decayed
building or town (4)
37 Pieces of artistic gymnastics apparatus consisting of long, narrow horizontal bars of wood (7,5) 38 A standard-sized platform on which goods may be stacked (6)
Down
1 Mountain range in the western United
States, including
Mount Whitney (6,6)
2 --- II, the last tsar of
Russia, who ruled from 1894-1917 (8)
3 North American feline related to the lynx, having reddishbrown fur and tufted ears (6) 4 Robert ---, 18th-Century Scots writer whose works include Auld Lang Syne (5)
5 A poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade (8)
6 --- ---, --- (Whatever Will
Be, Will Be), song that first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Man Who Knew Too Much (3,4,4) 7 A sudden, passing, often
fanciful, idea (4)
8 Welsh town near
Gwrych Castle, which hosted two series of
I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! (8)
9 The second letter in the
Greek alphabet (4)
17 --- Centauri, the nearest star system to our
Solar System (5)
18 American author of the novel The Naked
And The Dead (6,6)
19 The --- ---, 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (5,6)
21 Lake ---, the largest lake in Italy, fed by the Sarca River (5)
24 A small object believed to protect the wearer from evil influences (8)
26 A sword with a curved blade broadening towards the point (8)
27 Small falcons that tend to hover against the wind and feed on small mammals on the ground (8)
30 An ancient city in
north-west Syria (6)
31 An appeal to a supernatural power for harm to come to a person (5)
33 An imperfection,
defect or blemish (4)
34 Riding harness for horses, such as saddles or bridles (4)