THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £1,500
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, November 8 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, November 24. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
11 A public walk at a seaside resort (9) 12 Not prejudiced towards or against any side or party (9) 13 In Greek myths, a nymph dwelling in a lake, river, spring or fountain (5) 14 The kitchens of ships, boats or aircraft (7) 15 Mary of –––, queen consort of James V of Scotland and mother of Mary, Queen of Scots (5) 16 A French apple brandy distilled from cider (8) 18 German physicist who developed an instrument for detecting radiation (4,6) 22 Deciduous trees with five-lobed leaves, yellow flowers and winged fruits (9) 24 In cricket, runs scored after the ball has hit the batsman’s body, without touching the bat (3,4) 27 The pilot of a plane, especially in the early days of flying (7) 28 Final novel by Herman Melville, adapted as an opera by Benjamin Britten (5,4) 30 The ––––––, opera by Mozart premiered shortly before his death in 1791 (5,5) 32 A number of people gathered together for a regular, formal meeting (8) 35 Highly vascular, reddishbrown, glandular organ which secretes bile (5) 37 Continuous projecting horizontal moulding at the top of a wall (7)
38 A feather, especially one that is large or ornamental (5) 39 The art of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper or card (9) 40 European republic on the Southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea (9)
Down
1 Plant cultivated for its dark green, edible leaves (7) 2 Zimbabwean-British writer whose novels include The Grass Is Singing (5,7) 3 A large group of mammals living and feeding together (4) 4 Juan Manuel –––, Argentinian racing driver who won the World Drivers’ Championship five times in the 1950s (6) 5 Devices impressed on pieces of wax or moist clay, fixed to a letter or document as a mark of authentication (5) 6 Container holding articles representative of the current age, buried in the earth for discovery in the future (4,7) 7 An artistic composition, especially a musical work (4) 8 The capital city of the Czech Republic (6) 9 Nocturnal flightless New Zealand bird (4) 10 Country and western-style American music which originated in Kentucky (9)
17 A cravat with wide square ends, usually secured with an ornamental stud (5) 19 and 34 American actress who won Oscars for her roles in Places In The Heart and Norma Rae (5,5) 20 An estate in East Sussex, site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 (12) 21 Streams or rivers that feed other, larger ones (11) 23 A large painting or picture on a wall (5) 25 A surgical dressing of muslin or similar material (5) 26 A preserve made by boiling the pulp and rind of citrus fruits, especially oranges, with sugar (9) 29 William of –––, Chancellor of England 1367-71 and 1389-91 who founded New College, Oxford (7) 31 A thin, wispy, fibrous cloud at high altitudes (6) 33 A case or covering for the blade of a knife or sword (6) 34 See 19 36 An immoral, wicked or evil habit (4) 37 A steep, rugged rock or peak (4) 38 Fruit with a stone in the middle, which, when dried, is a prune (4)