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, October 1 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, October 17. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

10 Rosalynn –––, First Lady of the United States 1977-81 (6)

11 A small combined radio transmitter and receiver that can be carried around (6-6)

12 A highly distinguished

female singer (4)

13 Something outstanding

or owed (7)

14 In Greek mythology, one of three winged, monstrous sisters who had live snakes for hair (6)

15 British luxury car company

founded in 1919 (7)

16 Prime Minister who served two separate terms during Queen Victoria’s reign (4,7)

20 Martin –––, British novelist whose works include Money and

London Fields (4)

21 Antonio –––, Italian composer and conductor who worked in Vienna from 1766 (7)

22 The –––, the group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major (6)

23 A religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives (6)

25 A small group of students meeting regularly under the guidance of a tutor or professor (7)

27 A government tax,

especially on imports (4)

28 Missions or tasks (11) 29 Justin –––, American golfer who won the 1997 Open Championship (7)

32 A central hall that extends through several storeys of a building (6)

35 Sudden or unpredictable change of attitude or behaviour (7)

36 Victor –––, 19th Century French writer whose works include the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame De Paris (4)

37 A record in a public building in which people write their names and addresses and any comments about the place (8,4)

38 Vogues or current

styles (6)

Down

1 People who prepare, stuff and mount animal skins to give them a life-like appearance (12)

2 Legendary continent said to lie beneath the ocean west of Gibraltar (8)

3 In cricket, the lines near each wicket marking positions for the bowler or batter (6)

4 A large mass of small animals, especially insects (5)

5 American gangster who led a crime syndicate during the Prohibition Era (2,6)

6 Disagreements, especially when leading to quarrels (11)

7 The adult male of

a deer (4)

8 In the open air (8)

9 Steve –––, noted South African anti-apartheid activist who died in police custody in 1977 (4)

17 ––– Volta, the former

name of Burkina Faso (5)

18 The Charge Of The ––– –––, 1854 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (5,7)

19 A rigid casing made to protect a broken bone while it heals (7,4)

21 Neil –––, US playwright and screenwriter whose works include the 1965 play The Odd Couple (5)

24 Inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the nose (8)

26 A figure of speech in which an analogy is constructed between two things or ideas (8)

27 Small boats, powered by sail, oars or outboard motor (8)

30 Official permissions to depart from a diocese or university (6)

31 ––– Toys, brand of die-cast toy vehicles made in England from 1934 to 1979 (5)

33 Hard or exhausting

work (4)

34 A temporary state