The Mail on Sunday Prize Crossword Sunday February 13th 2011

[Fishy111]

Almost finished :)

25d. The monkey puzzle tree and a well-known crossword compiler: A?A?Y?R?A
34d. Member of the Helicidae: H?A?L
20d. See 9 (9: A 20 who fell in love with his own reflection = Narcissus)
3d. In physics, a resilient collision called perfect if there is no loss of energy: E?A?T?C
35d. Russian Lake O?E?A
12a. A genus of gliding lizards: D?A?O
17a. One of the Furies and an interntional security company: E?I?Y?
40a. In Scotland and Northern England, a shallow, low dish: A?H?T
36a. In some societies an object having ritual associations: T?T?M
37d. Cause gas to accumulate on a solid surface in a thin layer: A?S?R?

[Lie-in King]

25d Araucaria
34d Snail
20d Youth
3d Elastic
35d Onega
12a Draco
17a Erinys
40a Ashet
36a Totem
37a Adsorb

[Mamyalynne]

36 totem
40 ashet

[Mamyalynne]

Hi Maj, too quick for me ♥ apologies to fishy.

[bimbo123456]

Almost finished????????

[Lie-in King]

My apologies to Fishy also...

Hi mamya! Gods, it's been a miserable day in East Sussex weather-wise :-(

It's cold! Hope you're well & warm? :-))

[Mamyalynne]

Very wet here but not cold, am snug and well ta ♥

[Fishy111]

Ok... maybe not almost finished ;) but I forgot one as well, 28a. The --- Of Peter is a apocryphal work. Thanks for all your help especially Lie-In King xx

[Lie-in King]

28a Gospel

[sweyne58]

34d is SNAIL
25dis ARAUCARIA
something wrong there

[Dee Sa]

when I saw "almost finished" and the saw the list ! well words failed me, then on the plus side there were four there that I couldnt do either !
Lie in King your a star !
Dee

[Lie-in King]

Happy to help :-)