John Nolan: The Very Logical Prize Puzzle

  Across   1, 4. Hawk moth caterpillar on view from a month tomorrow. (6,8) 10. Sets of bosses short on triumph and not quite virile. (9) 11. You French have short feet going to a point - and small tassels! (5) 12. Tree killer arms a rebel horde in revolution. (7,3,5) 14. From the start, every ewe likes a type of grass. (3) 15, 19 ac. Heinrich Little the Sixth left to become a cotton pest. (4,6) 17, 27 ac. Noisy merry-making about erectile dysfunction? It can cause pain. (3,3) 19. See 15 ac. 22. Don’ts partner gives denial of service. (3) 24, 28 ac. What some folks feel compelled to do may help pumpkins. (6,4) 27. See 17 ac. 28. See 24 ac. 29. Associate degree in applied science for Hawaiian lava flows. (3) 32. Strike-breaker? Get Dick straightened out, the insect menace! (5-6,4) 36. Short, humorous bit of journalism may also be a damp one. (5) 37. Lizard showed impudence, and I was quiet. (9) 38, 39. Potato grower’s dread if state uses root v...

  Across    1. Quadricentennial. (16)   9. It’s wearing to have love god get one on. (7) 10. Putting down Department of Employment absence, assuming it’s true. (8) 11. Round buildings are poorly lit outside – surprised expression! (5) 12. Sell stocks - insider measures. (4) 13. In Scotland, this vision may be for sore eyes. (5) 14. Rare gas loses half its nitrogen for an eternity! (3) 15. Willow, Rose and I can make it. (5) 16. Driven insane by tropical heat - that’s just too much. (6) 19. Old Greek drinking songs are a toast in Norway and Iowa. (6) 21. A Scottish river and manuscript that cancels a bequeathed item. (6) 24. Attach wire service to vaulted passage. (6) 26. Clever sting. (5) 28. Stir tea to get taste. (3) 29. Kind of worm may be seen before work. (5) 30. I get held by an assent. (4) 31. Hat lifted, but head lost and murdered. (5) 32. No muesli is available to make liquid mixture. (8) 33. Wee devil gets rich source to collapse inward. (7) 34. Female tea...

  An international council governing a global activity has 12 full members (and almost 100 associate members.) The unclued outer and inner squares comprise 11 of these full members, running continuously in a clockwise direction, starting in the top left corners. As an aid to identifying the members, the puzzle includes a generous sprinkling of three-letter words including a few abbreviations. Across   6. Stamp the date, to start and finish inside. (3)   8. Crazy person goes back for a cask. (3)   9. More wary of Civil War general - the heartless rider. (7) 11. Ancient writing tiles of warped oak imprison dreadful rats. (7) 13. Back me – I’ll form an old record company. (3) 14. Minibus has sharp point. (3) 15. Riding crop or fishing pole. (3) 16. Short lines get points about some lengths. (4) 17. Film on copper surface is made by two people. (6) 19. Sets of nets as shown by split in dual screen. (6) 22. Kind of acid to turn radium into carbon, ...

Across   1, 4. Penny is not, roughly speaking, the person of great purity - so beautify the already beautiful. (5,3,4) 11. Response to “stoke the woodstove” or preparing to use computer. (5) 12. Mistaken for headless German master – nothing new to you and me. (9) 13. I’m in turmoil. (3) 14. Drug swallowed with impish enjoyment to get a jellied food. (5) 15. Cinema to be shown in an intellectual manner. (8) 18. Insult can incapacitate. (7) 19. Monitor pedophile, partly to cause damage. (7) 21. Traditional drama, from the outset, never offers Homer. (3) 22. Couple with king sat about awkwardly, taking the most negative view. (2,5) 25. Flint arrowhead comes from fairy, at a guess. (3-4) 27. Do great things to start out in Scotland, and with heart – it’s in mouth! (8) 30. Linked verse made by Robert Aytoun, taking in Little England. (5) 32. Yes, in Fife, it’s said to be an organ. (3) 33. See 36 ac. 34. Neck parts from an indefinite number of primates. (5...