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, October 7 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, October 23. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
11 Athletics field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar (4,5)
12 A contest between two or more teams in which each participant covers a specified portion of the distance (5,4)
13 Mammal of South and Central America and Southeast Asia with an elongated snout (5)
14 Michael ---, English physicist and chemist after whom the derived SI unit of electric capacitance is named (7)
15 Mammal of Africa and
South Asia, also called the honey badger (5)
16 Brass instrument, the tube of which is varied in length by means of a Ushaped slide (8)
18 Quantitative data on any subject (10)
22 In Greek mythology, a king of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy (9)
24 A framework in the form of a horizontal member supported at each end by a pair of splayed legs (7)
27 Imaginary creature, usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead (7)
28 Barrier in the Black
Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the states of Nevada and Arizona (6,3)
30 The exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains (10)
32 A powerfully-built variety of retriever with a short, dense, usually black or golden coat (8)
35 Ring-shaped bread roll, characteristic of Jewish baking (5)
37 The art of looping and intertwining thread with a hooked needle (7)
38 The bread or cakes
produced at one baking (5)
39 An impromptu collection of money (4-5)
40 The way a person behaves towards others (9)
Down
1 A pale green to purple mineral, found in igneous rocks and metamorphosed limestones (7)
2 A person with an uncontrollable desire to steal things (12)
3 In cricket, a series of six balls bowled by a bowler (4)
4 Northern seabird with a black-and-white plumage and a brightlycoloured bill (6)
5 Large wading bird with very long legs and a long, pointed bill (5)
6 A cooperative association whose members can obtain low-interest loans out of their combined savings (6,5)
7 China ---,another name for kaolin (4)
8 Island in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (6)
9 A buoyant platform of logs or planks (4)
10 Arthur ---, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (9)
17 In communications, a code
word for the letter ‘B’ (5)
19 A tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to the church or compulsory tax (5)
20 The act of making someone frightened or scared (12)
21 Primates of the suborder containing apes and humans (11)
23 Max ---, German artist; a pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism (5)
25 A person who is one’s senior (5)
26 The main championship game in American football, held annually in January (5,4)
29 The art or sport of shooting with bows and arrows (7)
31 Eamon de ---, politician; three-times Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (6)
33 A respiratory disorder characterised by a difficulty in breathing (6)
34 Relative darkness produced by the blocking out of light (5)
36 The Greek goddess of the
Earth, who bore Uranus (4) 37 Informal word for a close friend (4)
38 Boastful talk or behaviour (4)