THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN €2,000
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, June 15 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, July 1. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck! Across
10 Country on the Persian Gulf with one of the highest per capita incomes in the world (6) 11 Novelist and poet, the UK Children’s Laureate 20072009 (7,5) 12 A river in Central Europe, rising in the Czech Republic and flowing north and west to the Baltic (4) 13 A toxic metalloid element; a by-product of the smelting of copper, lead, cobalt and gold ores (7) 14 Environmental activist who served as the 45th Vice President of the US from 1993 to 2001 (2,4) 15 Restaurant attached to a factory or school, providing meals for a large number of people (7) 16 Former British Conservative MP who served in John Major’s Cabinet before resigning in 1992 (5,6) 20 A rare black-and-grey short-winged Hawaiian goose with half-webbed feet (4) 21 A felt hat with a broad brim and a high crown, worn traditionally by cowboys (7) 22 Island of the Inner Hebrides West of Mull, site of Fingal’s Cave (6) 23 Machu –––, a ruined Incan city in South Peru, abandoned during the Spanish conquest (6) 25 The capital of Cyprus, on the Pedieos River (7) 27 The southern-most city in Portugal, capital of the Algarve (4) 28 Seve –––, Spanish golfer who won the Masters twice and The Open Championship three times (11) 29 An increase in wages or salary (3,4) 32 Defensive covering worn by medieval warriors to prevent injury in battle (6) 35 Short-sleeved lightweight tops with no collar or buttons (1-6) 36 Plant with yellow-and-red flowers and edible green pods (4) 37 20th Century English writer known for her feminist and magical realist works (6,6) 38 Jean-Auguste-Dominique – – –, French Neoclassical painter (6)
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1 The first Sunday in Lent (12) 2 A clasp or pin for holding hair in place (8) 3 Military command to stand in a relaxed position with the feet apart and hands behind the back (2,4) 4 A member of a traditionalist Christian group in North America (5) 5 Disgraceful actions or events (8) 6 The wife of a marquis, or a woman with the same rank as a marquis (11) 7 A mountainous island off the West coast of Italy, famous for being Napoleon Bonaparte’s first place of exile (4) 8 A landlocked republic in East Central Asia, with the Gobi Desert in the south (8) 9 An alcoholic drink brewed from cereal grains (4) 17 A small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere, lying between the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon (5) 18 Major road in the West End of London, known for its numerous shops (6,6) 19 A type of primitive human, present throughout much of Europe in late Palaeolithic times (11) 21 Sharp-spiked wheels fixed to the heels of a rider’s boots (5) 24 A moor near Inverness in Scotland, the site of a 1746 battle in which Government troops defeated the Jacobites (8) 26 Makes garments by looping and intertwining thread with a hooked needle (8) 27 Units of length each equal to 220 yards (8) 30 The state capital of Texas, USA (6) 31 City of –––, celebrated as the first British steam locomotive to have exceeded 100mph (5) 33 The standard monetary unit of South Africa (4) 34 To cut or harvest a crop (4)