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 22 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, October 8. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
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1 The last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, who held the office during the Counter Reformation (8,4) 8 The principle or practice of sorting patients into categories of priority for treatment (6) 11 Barry ---, Irish former world featherweight boxing champion (8) 12 A Southern Bantu language, spoken primarily in South Africa (5) 13 An unpowered barge used for freight (4) 14 In astrology, the seventh sign of the zodiac (5) 15 A building designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 (7,6) 17 Supernatural TV drama series starring Lesley Sharp and Andrew Lincoln (9) 19 Graeme ---, Scottish footballer who won five League Championships and three European Cups with Liverpool (7) 23 In the Old Testament, the first son of Adam and Eve (4) 24 One of an organised group of citizens who take upon themselves the protection of their district, properties etc (9) 25 See 33 Down 26 Any of various grasses that yield a fibre used to make ropes and mats (7) 28 Another term for the human circadian rhythm (4,5) 31 A daily report of the activities and engagements of the sovereign (5,8) 34 A port in South Israel, on the Gulf of Aqaba (5) 36 To cut a metal plate for printing (4) 37 1942 animated film produced by Walt Disney, featuring a white-tailed deer (5) 38 Carthaginian general who famously marched an army over the Alps (8) 39 A class of imaginary beings said to inhabit the air (6) 40 A small but fatal weakness (8,4)
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2 Greek mathematician, referred to as the Father of Geometry (6) 3 A drug that relieves pain and reduces inflammation (9) 4 In Greek myths, the ship in which Jason sailed in search of the Golden Fleece (4) 5 The branch of botany concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs (10) 6 Manchester rock band whose debut album was Definitely Maybe (5) 7 In film or TV, actors or people temporarily engaged, usually for crowd scenes (6) 8 A large group of Scouts, comprising several patrols (5) 9 A protein hormone that controls the concentration of glucose in the blood (7) 10 Duke of ---, title of the Queen’s cousin Prince Richard (10) 16 A fabric with a thick, usually lustrous, pile (6) 18 Nick ---, knighted English golfer, winner of three Open and three Masters tournaments (5) 20 Eugene ---, US dramatist whose works included the play The Iceman Cometh (1’5) 21 John ---, English novelist and playwright who wrote The Forsyte Saga (10) 22 American artist whose famous works included Campbell’s Soup Cans (4,6) 25 Vietnamese statesman who gave his name to the city formerly known as Saigon (2,3,4) 27 Another name for a dirigible or zeppelin (7) 29 A peninsula in East Europe, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (6) 30 Nigel ---, former leader of the UK Independence Party (6) 32 Solids with six plane square faces (5) 33 and 25 Across Malevolent character in Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield (5,4) 35 The gaming stake put up before the deal in poker (4)