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, August 11 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, August 27. you must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRiD for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
10 Percussion instrument consisting of a gourd or plastic shell filled with dried seeds, pebbles etc (6) 11 A type of early man, existing in Africa and resembling Neanderthal man in many features (9,3) 12 The ninth letter in the Greek alphabet (4) 13 A form of pasta consisting of wide flat sheets, or a dish made with it (7) 14 See 33 Down 15 The region of the body of a vertebrate containing the stomach and intestines (7) 16 Small, hexagonal musical instruments often associated with tango music (11) 20 An elaborate accompanied song for solo voice from a cantata, opera or oratorio (4) 21 Golf clubs with large heads and deep faces, used for tee shots (7) 22 W.C. ---, American comedian, writer and actor who starred in films such as My Little Chickadee with Mae West (6) 23 A large basket, usually with a cover (6) 25 A highly-contagious viral disease, with an effective vaccine developed in the 1960s (7) 27 An ancient region of Western Europe corresponding to present day Northern Italy, France, Belgium, part of Germany and the Southern Netherlands (4) 28 London institution with a seven-year waiting list, founded in 1831 and named after an actor (7,4) 29 125-kilometre-long French river spanned by the Pont d’Arc (7) 32 The capital city of the Czech Republic, birthplace of the novelist Franz Kafka (6) 35 A newly-joined member of a military service (7) 36 --- Driver, film that won the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival (4) 37 Epic poem in blank verse by John Milton, first published in 1667 (8,4) 38 and 34 Down Controversial British artist who became a Royal Academician in 2007 (6,4)
Down
1 Three-act play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 (5,7) 2 Diego ---, Argentine former footballer who famously scored a ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in 1986 (8) 3 Charles de ---, French general and statesman who served as President of France 1959-1969 (6) 4 Alain ---, French racing driver who won the Formula One Drivers’ Championship four times between 1985 and 1993 (5) 5 Small, predatory mammal, typically having a long tail and brindled coat (8) 6 A Tudor mansion in Kent; home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage (5,6) 7 John Stuart ---, 19th Century English philosopher and economist who wrote the treatise On Liberty (4) 8 To make, carve or engrave a design or letters on a surface (8) 9 A unit of power named after a Scottish inventor; defined as one joule per second (4) 17 Buoyant platforms of logs, planks, etc. (5) 18 English writer whose most famous work was the 1932 novel Brave New World (6,6) 19 The 39th President of the United States (5,6) 21 Relating to one of the five classical orders of architecture; characterised by a column with no base and a fluted shaft (5) 24 Bilingual inland republic in South America (8) 26 The capital and chief port of 24 Down (8) 27 Another name for World War I (5,3) 30 A flightless bird, such as the ostrich, kiwi or rhea (6) 31 A number of connected rooms in a hotel (5)
33 and 14 Across American swimmer; winner of 12 Olympic medals (4,6) 34 See 38 Across