THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
There’s an amazing £1,500 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, September 20 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, October 6. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
1 British surgeon who introduced the use of antiseptics (6,6) 8 Ivan – – –, Russian physiologist who studied conditioned reflexes in dogs (6) 11 Derbyshire town which gave its name to a famous pudding and tart (8) 12 Fictional Detective Inspector created by the Scottish author Ian Rankin (5) 13 A long piece of ribbon or silk worn around the waist like a belt, or over one shoulder (4) 14 Frederick – – –, AustrianAmerican composer who wrote the music for My Fair Lady and Brigadoon (5) 15 English Romantic poet, Poet Laureate from 1813 to 1843 (6,7) 17 Bed covering filled with small, soft feathers or warm material (9) 19 Sound – – –, acoustic ‘dishes’ built on the South and North East English coast between about 1916 and the 1930s to warn of approaching enemy aircraft (7) 23 Low-lying flat areas of land that are marshy or artificially drained (4) 24 Nickname of Lunar Sample 14321, a moon rock containing an Earth-origin meteorite collected by the Apollo 14 mission in 1971 (3,6) 25 A unit of dry measure equal to one quarter of a bushel (4) 26 German top-security camp for Allied POWs in World War II (7) 28 Enclosures or barriers of stakes and timbers (9) 31 Countries ruled by very strict, harsh governments (13) 34 A tall structure tapering upwards to a point, especially one on a tower or roof (5) 36 A mythological princess of Tyre who founded Carthage and became its queen (4) 37 An entire range or scale (5) 38 Landmark in the fictional world of Narnia where Lucy Pevensie firsts meets Mr Tumnus (8) 39 Joins or combines (6) 40 Places or containers in which things can be stored for safety (12)
Down
2 A public speaker (6) 3 A small alpine plant whose leaves and flowers are covered with white, woolly hairs (9) 4 Rounded pad at the bottom of the palm of the hand (4) 5 A district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames (4,2,4) 6 A multi-layered cake, originating in Austria (5) 7 Refund due when one has paid more tax or rent than needed (6) 8 Pasta sauce made from basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, oil and Parmesan cheese (5) 9 A person who is a caller, guest or tourist (7) 10 The branch of medicine concerned with pregnancy and childbirth (10) 16 E. – – –, English author and poet whose works include The Railway Children (6) 18 Widely cultivated grass with erect flower spikes and light-brown grains (5) 20 The first of the major Hebrew prophets in the Old Testament (6) 21 The deliberate destruction of a building (10) 22 Large stores or supplies accumulated for future use (10) 25 The – – – – – – of Hamelin, legendary German figure, the subject of a poem by Robert Browning (4,5) 27 Largest city in Michigan, birthplace of aviator Charles Lindbergh (7) 29 A resort on the North Norfolk coast, famous for locally caught brown crabs (6) 30 Fish of tropical and temperate seas, with thick lips, strong teeth and a bright coloration (6) 32 The longest river of the Iberian Peninsula (5) 33 Informally, to become more exciting, active or intense (3,2) 35 A small, dark smudge or stain (4)