WIN €2,000 THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
There’s an amazing €2,000 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, September 16 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, October 2. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
1 ––– Asimov, science fiction author who wrote the Foundation trilogy (5) 4 Composer whose New World Symphony was used in a series of Hovis bread adverts (6) 8 Name of the currencies used in Jamaica, Australia and Hong Kong (6) 12 ––– Nation, title of Elizabeth Wurtzel’s 1994 autobiography about her depression (6) 13 ––– Amritraj, professional tennis player who appeared in the Bond film Octopussy (5) 14 Austria’s capital and largest city (6) 15 Blocking the path between a cue ball and the object ball to be played (10) 16 Australian marsupial from the family Macropodidae (8) 17 ––– & Boon, publishers of romantic fiction established in 1908 (5) 19 Team member who is not a Beater, Keeper or Seeker in the fictional sport of Quidditch (6) 22 ––– Island, Canada’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the world (6) 25 America’s only President to date to have served two non-consecutive terms in office (6,9) 28 Roddy McDowall’s character in the films Conquest Of and Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (6) 29 Triangular, fried pastry case containing spiced vegetables or meat in Indian cuisine (6) 30 ––– Hoy, Scottish cyclist who has won six Olympic gold medals (5) 32 Norman Stanley –––, the central character of the TV sitcom Porridge, played by Ronnie Barker (8) 35 Prevailing pattern of easterly air currents found in the tropics (5,5) 37 Metallic element with the atomic number 27 (6) 38 Singer with The Sugarcubes who went on to have the hit solo albums Debut and Post (5) 39 ––– Slagg, fictional author of a Private Eye column parodying outspoken female columnists (6) 40 Loose fold of skin hanging from the throat in some breeds of cattle (6) 41 The –––, nickname of Hull City AFC (6) 42 African country whose capital city is Nairobi (5)
Down
2 An Old Persian name for Sri Lanka (8) 3 Site of a Second World War battle, part of Operation Shingle (5) 5 Former West Indian cricketer who scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test Matches (3,8) 6 Word meaning to alter or manipulate that has a basic Scrabble score of 13 (5) 7 Inuit canoe made of watertight animal skins and propelled with a double-bladed paddle (5) 8 The ––– And The Butterfly, Jean-Dominique’s biographical account of lockedin syndrome (6,4) 9 Doctor Who companion in the 1970s played by Louise Jameson (5) 10 ––– fluid, substance surrounding the developing foetus in the womb (8) 11 Travis –––, John D. MacDonald’s fictional salvage consultant in a series of 21 novels (5) 18 Cricket ground that is home to the Middlesex County Cricket Club (5) 20 –––’s Lot, Stephen King’s second novel to be published (5) 21 Indian sitar player who was influential in George Harrison’s musical development (4,7) 23 Peter –––, actor who won a posthumous Oscar for his acting in the film Network (5) 24 Sylvester Stallone’s 1987 movie set in the world of arm wrestling (4,3,3) 26 The Muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology (8) 27 Professional name of the wrestler Shirley Crabtree (3,5) 31 Hagar The Horrible’s wife in the comic strip of the same name (5) 33 The Appalachian –––, a hiking route between Georgia and Maine (5) 34 I –––, a collection of short stories written by 1 Across (5) 35 ––– Song, a 2000 hit by the R&B artist Sisqo (5) 36 ––– Adler, Sherlock Holmes’ nemesis in A Scandal In Bohemia (5)