THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
There’s an amazing €2,000 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, January 15 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, January 31. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
1 The capital city of Bulgaria (5) 4 Architect and engineer who served in ancient Egypt as Djoser’s vizier (7) 8 Leopold and Molly –––, characters in Ulysses by James Joyce (5) 13 Rwanda’s largest city (6) 14 –– – Halfpenny, rugby union player for Toulon, Wales and the British Lions (5) 15 El –––, a 2011 album by American rock band The Black Keys (6) 16 Confectionery bar formerly known as a Marathon (8) 17 President of the USA who had the nickname Ike (10) 18 Erik –––, magician who went by the stage name Harry Houdini (5) 20 ––– Cole, Coronation Street character played by Malcolm Hebden since 1994 (6) 22 A small species of falcon, Falco columbarius (6) 26 The –––, a stage play written by J.M. Barrie in 1902 (9,8) 28 The lower part of the trunk in human anatomy (6) 29 Computer animated film of 2002 starring Ray Romano as a mammoth called Manny (3,3) 30 Ministry For State Security in former East Germany (5) 32 The Golden State of the USA whose state motto is Eureka (10) 36 Region of France made up of the departments Correze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne (8) 38 Lauren –––, star of the films The Big Sleep and Key Largo (6) 39 Socket in the skull that contains the eye (5) 40 Unit used to measure temperature on an absolute scale (6) 41 In ancient Greece, a woman believed to be an oracle or prophetess (5) 42 The rule of an emperor in Russia or a king in Bulgaria formerly (7) 43 ––– Chegwin, Swapshop presenter who also appeared in Polanski’s film version of Macbeth (5)
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2 Plant with a large edible bulb, Allium cepa (5) 3 Science fiction author who coined the three laws of robotics (5,6) 5 British hand grenade originally developed in Birmingham in 1915 (5,4) 6 School cook in the Bash Street Kids comic strip in The Beano (5) 7 Where the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was situated (7) 9 Soul –––, Booker T. & the MGs track that is used as the theme music for Test Match Special (5) 10 One-sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois (5) 11 Georges –––, French composer of the opera Carmen (5) 12 Field in which George Stigler and Milton Friedman were awarded Nobel Prizes (9) 19 Derbyshire village that marks one end of the Pennine Way (5) 21 –– – Shearsmith, comedian and writer who was one of the League Of Gentlemen (5) 23 Provencal stewed vegetable dish, originally invented in Nice (11) 24 Hammond –––, author of The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (5) 25 Greek philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great (9) 27 Verdi opera based on a play by Victor Hugo (9) 29 Name for rocks that are formed by the solidification of magma (7) 31 ––– On The Water, a Deep Purple song from their album Machine Head (5) 33 Surname of a famous family of violin makers who lived in Cremona (5) 34 Football team that won the World Cup in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006 (5) 35 The Chronicles Of –––, a series of fantasy novels by Roger Zelazny (5) 37 The –––, a novel by Dostoyevsky (5)