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, November 10 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, November 26. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!

Across

11 An extensive natural harbour off the North coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands (5,4)

12 Either of the markings at the side of the playing area in certain games, such as rugby (9)

13 --- Girl, 1969 film for which Barbra Streisand won an Oscar (5) 14 Short-haired tailless feline believed to originate on the Isle of Man (4,3)

15 A chaplain to the armed forces (5)

16 See 38

18 Paul von ---, president of Germany before Hitler came to power (10)

22 People who live in a place (9)

24 A low wall or railing along the edge of a balcony or roof (7)

27 Any of the English textile workers opposed to mechanisation who took part in machine-breaking in the 19th Century (7) 28 Chancellor of the ---, the Cabinet Minister responsible for finance (9) 30 Of a tail, adapted for grasping (10) 32 A contagious, bacterial skin disease (8)

35 The Charge Of The --Brigade, 1854 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (5)

37 Elizabeth ---, 18th-Century social reformer who helped to organise and lead the Blue Stockings Society (7) 38 and 16 Kazakhstani tennis player who won Wimbledon in 2022 (5,8)

39 Small game bird with a rounded body and short tail (9)

40 Annie ---, American portrait photographer who photographed John Lennon on the day he died (9)

Down

1 Town in Kent; the location of an international railway station (7)

2 Historical novel by Charles Dickens, subtitled: A Tale Of The Riots Of Eighty (7,5)

3 --- Day, in the Christian calendar, March 25; the feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (4)

4 See 36

5 Another name for a pig (5) 6 Tropical invertebrate resembling a twig (5,6) 7 Jeremy ---, Conservative MP who has served as

28 Across since

October 2022 (4)

8 Frederic ---, Polish-born pianist and composer who wrote the Minute Waltz (6) 9 Dickie ---, retired international cricket umpire (4)

10 The ---, large plain in northern Tanzania (9)

17 Nobusuke ---, prime minister of

Japan 1957-60 (5) 19 Jacqueline --- ---, 20th-Century

British cellist (2,3)

20 Historical region of southwest Poland and Northeast Czech Republic (5,7) 21 Wages and pensions directly related to the cost of living and rising or falling accordingly (5-6) 23 Musical compositions for two performers or voices (5) 25 See 33

26 Casual sandals (4-5)

29 A source, usually sudden and unexpected, of luck or wealth (7)

31 Informally, a restaurant or cafe (6)

33 and 25 Paris cabaret built in 1889, famous as the birthplace of the can-can dance (6,5)

34 A tree or shrub of the genus Acer, having winged seeds and lobed leaves (5)

36 and 4 English actor who won an Oscar for his role as Winston Churchill in the film Darkest Hour (4,6)

37 A la ---, relating to US desserts served with ice cream (4)

38 In Greek mythology, the god of love and son of Aphrodite (4)