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, September 30 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, October 16. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

10 The northern-most town on the mainland of Great Britain (6)

11 The site near Inverness in Scotland of a 1746 battle in which government troops defeated the Jacobites (8,4)

12 Japanese ---, small compact breed of dog with a long, straight silky coat and feathered ears (4)

13 An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food (7)

14 A container which holds food or water for animals (6)

15 Friz ---, American animator known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (7)

16 US Secretary of State who helped to found the United Nations; winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 (7,4)

20 A large oven for burning, drying or processing something, such as porcelain or bricks (4)

21 The beat or measure of something rhythmic (7)

22 Narrow inlets or bays, especially of the sea (6)

23 Large --- Collider, particle accelerator complex located beneath the Franco-Swiss border, switched on in September 2008 (6)

25 An area of swamp or marsh (7)

27 A member of a Central African people, mainly living in Rwanda and Burundi (4)

28 American actress who has received a record 21 Academy Award nominations (5,6)

29 Ettore ---, Italian-born automobile designer who founded a car manufacturing company in 1909 (7)

32 A settlement of differences, as between nations (6)

35 Temperate and subtropical plant with long green and red edible leafstalks, usually eaten sweetened and cooked (7)

36 Smoothly curving lines or movements (4)

37 To attempt to force someone to comply with one’s demands (4,2,6)

38 One of the Ionian Islands; regarded as the home of Homer’s Odysseus (6)

Down

1 Saint Petersburg art museum founded by Catherine the Great (3,9)

2 Benjamin ---, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, who helped draw up the Declaration of Independence (8)

3 Tropical American arboreal bird with a large brightly-coloured bill (6)

4 In Greek mythology, fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods (5)

5 Purple-blue fibrous variety of fluorspar occurring only in Derbyshire (4,4)

6 The inaugural First Minister of Scotland (6,5)

7 Arthur ---, protagonist of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (4)

8 A thick drink made with pureed fresh fruit and yogurt, ice cream or milk (8)

9 Table tennis-themed early arcade video game, originally released in 1972 (4)

17 Readily understood (5)

18 Large body of water on the border of Bolivia and Peru, in the Andes (4,8)

19 Major thoroughfare in London, forming part of the A5 (7,4)

21 Wafer shells used to contain ice cream (5)

24 Albert ---, Taoiseach of Ireland 1992-94 (8)

26 --- --- Of Frankenstein, the first colour ‘Hammer Horror’ film, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (3,5)

27 Legendary Native American leader; the hero of an epic poem by Longfellow (8)

30 A mountainous region of Central Italy, in the valley of the Tiber (6)

31 --- Wynette, 20th-Century American singer nicknamed the ‘First Lady of Country Music’ (5)

33 Aquatic bird with lobed toes, dark plumage and a white bill (4)

34 A terrible fate (4)