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 4 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, November 20. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
ACROSS
11 Someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth (9) 12 Name given to any of the great European painters before about 1800 (3,6) 13 and 24 American author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel The Age Of Innocence (5,7) 14 See 36 Down 15 Lord ---, popular name of John Bingham, suspected murderer who disappeared in 1974 (5) 16 Heroine of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, who disguises herself as a man (8) 18 English galleon which circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake (6,4) 22 A thistle-like plant cultivated for its large edible flower head containing many fleshy scale-like bracts (9) 24 See 13 27 Jacob ---, American-born British sculptor knighted in 1954 (7) 28 The legendary magic sword of King Arthur (9) 30 The --- Army, a collection of earthenware sculptures buried with the first Emperor of China (10) 32 Echinoderm with a flattened body and five arms radiating from a central disc (8) 35 An autonomous region of China, the capital of which is Lhasa (5) 37 Harry ---, HungarianAmerican magician, escapologist and stunt performer (7) 38 Beau ---, a noble or gracious gesture or act, especially a meaningless one (5) 39 A large breed of dog with a short, smooth, white coat and black or brown spots (9) 40 1969 album by The Beatles named after the London studios in which it was recorded (5,4)
DOWN
1 A shrub of America and Eurasia; the source of an alkaloid used for medicinal purposes (7) 2 Roman general and statesman assassinated in 44 BC (6,6) 3 In the Old Testament, Hebrew patriarch who built a ship to survive the Flood (4) 4 The --- Beacons, a mountain range in South Wales (6) 5 A space or room within the roof of a house (5) 6 Fictional dog in Jerome K. Jerome’s book Three Men In A Boat (11) 7 Port city in Yemen; site of an ancient natural harbour (4) 8 Large game fish found worldwide near the sea’s surface, with a very long upper jaw and spear-like snout (6) 9 Of or relating to the ear (4) 10 A syrup made from pomegranate juice, used in cocktails and other drinks (9) 17 A machine for shaping, boring, cutting a screw thread, etc in metal or wood (5) 19 A wooden or metal peg that fits into two corresponding holes to join two adjacent parts (5) 20 An interval, as between parts of a film (12) 21 18th Century Scottish poet whose works included Auld Lang Syne (6,5) 23 African river which rises as the Lualaba on the Katanga plateau and crosses the equator twice (5) 25 A yellow or yellowish-brown, hard, translucent, fossil resin, often containing trapped insects (5) 26 In the New Testament, any of eight distinctive sayings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (9) 29 Protective pieces of armour carried on the arm (7) 31 Organisation providing intercity passenger railroad services in the United States (6) 33 A soft, felt hat with an indented crown (6) 34 In Greek legend, a king of Phrygia who turned everything he touched to gold (5) 36 and 14 Across The 42nd President of the United States (4,7) 37 Douglas ---, Commander-inChief of the British forces in France and Flanders 1915-8 (4) 38 Francisco ---, Spanish painter and printmaker; referred to as the last 12 Across (4)
NOW THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO ENTER
Complete the Prize Crossword and count how many times the letter ‘i’ appears in the finished grid. Then text ISPY followed by your answer, name and postcode to 65700. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. Or call 0905 652 2172 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday. Or post your completed grid AND iSpy answer to The Prize Crossword No 1773, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, November 4 (photocopies not accepted). The winner will be selected at random from correct iSpy answers. *See left for details, and terms and conditions.
Winner of Prize Crossword No 1770: Ian Jolley, of Lewes, East Sussex. Last week’s answer: 14