THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
There’s an amazing €2,000 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. The whole family will have fun trying to come up with the answers. Entries must arrive by Friday, December 5 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name will be published on Sunday, December 21.
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1 Character associated with the Forty Thieves in One Thousand And One Nights (3,4) 5 Thomas –––, musician whose singles include Hyperactive! and Windpower (5) 8 Cartoon duck often associated with Porky Pig (5) 13 Sport in which Tonya Harding and Robin Cousins both participated (3,7) 14 Transuranic element with the atomic number 102 (8) 15 Heavenly being in Christianity, literally a burning one (6) 16 ––– and Medad, prophets mentioned in the Book Of Numbers (5) 17 Name of Bertie Wooster’s least favourite aunt (6) 18 ––– Les Enfants, Louis Male’s autobiographical movie released in 1987 (2,6) 20 Simon –––, Radio 1 DJ from 1976-93 remembered for his Our Tune feature (5) 21 Back of the neck, the nucha in anatomical terminology (4) 23 Terence Frisby play filmed in 1970 with Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn (6,1,4,2,2,4) 27 ––– And Crake, a Margaret Atwood novel whose sequel was The Year Of The Flood (4) 28 Coniferous tree of the genus Larix (5) 29 Purple bell-shaped flowering plant from which the drug digitalis is obtained (8) 31 Capital city of Saudi Arabia (6) 33 Curved pipe used as an air trap in lavatory production (1-4) 35 Martin –––, actor who played Commander John Koenig in Space: 1999 (6) 37 Live single released by Barry Manilow in 1977 (8) 38 The –––, another name for Rhode Island (5,5) 39 Adam –––, Australian golfer ranked the world’s number one May-August 2014 (5) 40 Virginia –– –, Roxy Music’s debut single (5) 41 Frank –––, comedian born Christopher Graham Collins in 1957 (7)
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2 Final stage of secondary education in France (5) 3 Part of the road reserved for public transport (3,4) 4 The –––, band whose albums include Pet Sounds and Surfin’ USA (5,4) 6 A 1977 comedy film starring George Burns and John Denver (2,3) 7 Nicola –– –, violinist who won the Young Musician Of the Year Competition in 2004 (9) 9 UK girl group of which Nicole and Natalie Appleton were members (3,6) 10 Poker hand with all five cards of the same suit (5) 11 ––– algebra, branch of mathematics involving mapping between vector spaces (6) 12 J. J. –– –, creator of the TV shows Alias, Lost and Fringe (6) 19 ––– Pendragon, King Arthur’s father in legend (5) 20 Chris de –––, singer-songwriter whose works include Lady In Red (5) 22 Antonio Ghislieri, Pope from 1566-72 (4,1) 24 Creature of the family Leporidae bred in France since 1919 (3,6) 25 Art –––, singer who acted in the films Bad Timing and Catch-22 (9) 26 German theoretical physicist who established quantum theory (3,6) 28 Tom –––, American satirist who sang Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (6) 29 Arthur –– –, Australian Prime Minister for the month of September 1941 (6) 30 Ray –––, Coronation Street character who married Deirdre and was father of Tracy (7) 32 ––– Asimov, science fiction author who wrote the Foundation series (5) 34 Rod-shaped bacterium that can cause food poisoning in humans (1,4) 36 ––– Shaw, jazz clarinetist 1910-2004 (5)