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, September 10 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, September 26. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
11 (Of a vehicle) slide uncontrollably on a wet surface (9)
12 Purple or violet quartz
gemstones (9)
13 Auguste –––, French sculptor whose works included The Kiss and The Thinker (5)
14 The –––, an autobiographical epic poem by William Wordsworth (7)
15 Competitive events in track
and field athletics (5)
16 A one-storey house (8)
18 A thick, creamy sauce made from egg yolks, oil and vinegar or lemon juice (10)
22 French sculptor and architect who designed the Statue of Liberty (9)
24 Town and resort on the Isle
of Thanet in Kent (7)
27 The first football club from the south of England to join the Football League, in 1893 (7)
28 Johann –––, the German inventor of printing by movable type (9)
30 In physiotherapy, to examine or treat manually, as in loosening a joint (10)
32 A unit of length used to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations, named after a Swedish physicist (8) 35 A republic in North Africa,
on the Mediterranean (5)
37 Muscles whose contractions serve to bend joints or limbs (7)
38 and 34 Down The capital of the US state of Louisiana (5,5)
39 The lower joint of the leg
of a cooked fowl (9)
40 A heavy outer garment, worn especially as part of a uniform (9)
Down
1 The capital and largest
city of Kenya (7)
2 A deep, round bowl that is used in the kitchen, especially for mixing or cooking (7,5)
3 The interval, space or distance between two points (4)
4 A Greek lyric poetess
of the 6th Century BC (6)
5 See 8
6 Experts or people who are interested in botany or zoology (11)
7 In Greek myths, the goddess of youth and spring (4)
8 and 5 Polish-born politician who was President of Israel 2007-14 (6,5)
9 and 19 UK Crown dependency in the Irish Sea, the capital of which is Douglas (4,2,3)
10 Type of triangle, having two sides of equal length (9) 17 ––– Copland,
20th Century American composer, teacher and conductor (5)
19 See 9
20 ––– Day, the day on which a president of the US is formally placed in office, on January 20 of the year following the election (12)
21 The flat, open surfaces on an aircraft carrier from which aircraft take off and land (6,5)
23 Meat from animals that have been killed according to Muslim law (5)
25 Lively Scottish dances for a fixed number of couples (5)
26 A preserve made by boiling the pulp and rind of citrus fruits, especially oranges, with sugar (9)
29 Issue or proceed from,
or as from a source (7)
31 The act of expressing commendation or admiration (6)
33 Lake –––, vast reservoir in South Egypt and North Sudan (6)
34 See 38 Across
36 A contest or fight, especially a boxing or wrestling match (4)
37 A light, slender, flexible fencing sword tipped by a button (4)
38 In computing, a unit
of data (4)