THE PRIZE CROSSWORD

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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, April 26 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, May 12. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!

Across

11 (Of the heart) to beat with abnormal rapidity (9) 12 A tributary stream of a river in the area in which it rises (9) 13 An area of computer memory that is used for temporary storage of data (5)

14 In Greek mythology, the goddess of the hunt and the Moon (7)

15 --- Gabriel Rossetti, a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (5)

16 John ---, dramatist who followed William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King’s Men (8)

18 A place or situation in which many types of people and ideas are mixed (7,3)

22 State capital of Minnesota, on the Mississippi River (5,4) 24 A collection of records of, or about, an institution or family (7)

27 Foreboding evil or something unpleasant (7) 28 Image of a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield (9) 30 In Greek mythology, a Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus in a cave (10) 32 Ornamental shrub with long spikes of mauve flowers; attractive to butterflies (8) 35 A large ray of temperate and tropical seas, having a short spineless tail and a long snout (5)

37 A fixed or regular amount of money paid as a salary or allowance, as to the clergy (7) 38 --- Leaf Rag, early ragtime musical composition for piano by Scott Joplin (5)

39 Paula ---, British holder of the women’s marathon world record 2003-19 (9)

40 Serving as a temporary or expedient means (9)

Down

1 To refer to particularly (7) 2 A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with small hammers (12)

3 A long walk taken for pleasure or exercise (4) 4 An open-topped glass container for serving water or wine at table (6)

5 --- Boop, animated cartoon character created in 1930, based on a

Jazz Age flapper (5)

6 Neville ---, UK Conservative prime minister 1937-40 (11)

7 --- Zimmer, film score composer who wrote the music for The Lion King and Gladiator (4)

8 Kingdom in northwest Europe occupying the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula (6)

9 and 38 Dessert consisting of strawberries, cream and crushed meringue (4,4)

10 JB ---, English novelist and playwright who wrote An Inspector Calls (9)

17 The capital city of Egypt, on the Nile (5)

19 A semi-circular jewelled headdress (5)

20 The --- Story, 1941 film starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart (12) 21 Percussion instruments consisting of circular wooden frames hung with pairs of metal discs (11)

23 --- bud, elevated oval-shaped sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue (5)

25 Any animal of the dog family (5)

26 Calmness, especially of the mind (9)

29 Madame de La ---, 17thCentury French writer of La Princesse De Clèves, one of the earliest novels in literature (7) 31 Spanish dish made from rice, shellfish, chicken and vegetables (6)

33 John ---, American writer famous for his Rabbit series, chronicling the life of Harry ‘Rabbit’ Angstrom (6)

34 City in Dallas County, Alabama, starting point for a 1965 civil-rights march (5) 36 --- -memoire, a note serving as a reminder (4) 37 An upholstered seat with back and arms for two or more people (4) 38 See 9