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, November 9 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, November 25. you must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRiD for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
11 In cricket, a fielding position on the on side approximately at right angles to the batsman (6,3) 12 Change a word or name to make it sound or look like English (9) 13 City in Northern France, near the border with Belgium (5) 14 In the military, a V-shaped line or stripe on the sleeve of a uniform indicating rank or length of service (7)
15 and 17 Down The Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 US presidential election (5,5) 16 An impulsive headlong rush of startled cattle or horses (8) 18 Michael –––, German Formula 1 racing driver who won seven world championships in the 1990s and 2000s (10) 22 Any of a large class of synthetic materials used as textile fibres (9) 24 ––– And Fall, 1928 novel by Evelyn Waugh (7) 27 Slackens, undoes or unravels (7) 28 A member of an irregular, usually politically motivated, armed force (9) 30 A dish of thin strips of beef cooked with onions and mushrooms, served in a sour cream sauce (10) 32 The capital of Manitoba, Canada, at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red River (8) 35 Republic in South Europe incorporating the islands of Sardinia and Sicily (5) 37 Of a gesture, statement or emotion; not real (7) 38 Alexander –––, Hungarianborn British producer and film director (5) 39 London location of the Royal Naval College and the Royal Observatory (9) 40 Land-locked country in South East Europe, the capital of which is Skopje (9)
Down
1 Having no practical function or advantage (7) 2 Energy, especially electrical or motive, produced by atomic reaction (7,5) 3 Herbert Beerbohm –––, actor and theatre manager who founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1904 (4) 4 Lake –––, village in New York State which hosted the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics (6) 5 Wading bird similar to the heron, usually having a white plumage (5) 6 American golfer who won the 2018 Masters Tournament (7,4) 7 Hungarian-born writer and food critic, ––– Ronay (4) 8 A rest or nap, often taken in the early afternoon (6) 9 A structure with a deck that is built out over water (4) 10 Small fish that swim in an upright position and have curled prehensile tails (9) 17 See 15 Across 19 The large, baglike mammary gland of cows or sheep (5) 20 A person who is first in a line of succession and cannot be displaced (4,8) 21 Nervousness or panic besetting a person about to appear in front of an audience (5,6) 23 Industrial city in Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia (5) 25 City and sea port in Panama, near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal (5) 26 Traitors who collaborate with an occupying enemy force (9) 29 Herbivorous lizards with greyish-green bodies and a row of spines along the back (7) 31 Densely-forested republic in North-East South America (6) 33 To bring in formally to a post or organisation (6) 34 A hostile person or group, opponent (5) 36 Playing cards with a single symbol on them (4) 37 A light, slender, flexible fencing sword tipped by a button (4) 38 Spiral-horned antelope of the African bush (4)