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, May 18 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, June 3. you must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRiD for details on how to enter – and good luck!
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10 The capital city of Cuba (6) 11 David –––, broadcaster and naturalist who was knighted in 1985 (12) 12 In criminal law, the answer made by an accused to the charge (4) 13 An obsolete form of the lute, having two pegboxes, used during the Baroque music era (7) 14 See 31 Down 15 In the Old Testament, Samson’s mistress, who cut off his hair (7) 16 State in the southeastern US, bounded in the west by a river of the same name (11) 20 Paul –––, Swiss-born painter who taught at the Bauhaus with Wassily Kandinsky (4) 21 W. Somerset –––, British writer whose works included the novel Cakes And Ale (7) 22 Deficient in amount, quality or extent (6) 23 Musical instrument associated with makers Amati and Guarneri (6) 25 (Of a disease) developing slowly, or of long duration (7) 27 In music, a symbol placed on the left-hand side of each stave, indicating the pitch of the music written after it (4) 28 The –––, southern peninsula of Greece, joined to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth (11) 29 Largest city in Kenya, the birthplace of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (7) 32 Saudi Arabia’s capital and most populous city (6) 35 and 4 Down French composer of the 1928 orchestral piece Boléro (7,5) 36 A fine linen or cotton fabric, used for clothing (4) 37 Small songbirds with a black-and-white plumage and long tails (4,8) 38 ––– Mays, actor who played Ronnie Biggs in the TV drama series Mrs Biggs (6)
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1 19th Century French poet of the Decadent movement (4,8) 2 A pink powder consisting of zinc oxide and ferric oxide, used medicinally in the form of a soothing lotion (8) 3 In Hinduism, a sacred word or syllable used as an object of concentration and holding some spiritual power (6) 4 See 35 Across 5 Echinoderm with a flattened body and five arms radiating from a central disc (8) 6 An act of approval or support (11) 7 Areas of wet, spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation (4) 8 Famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci which hangs in the Louvre behind bulletproof glass (4,4) 9 A fever with successive stages of fever and chills (4) 17 Dried, powdered fruit used as a spice in Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisine (5) 18 Former surname of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (6,6) 19 See 33 21 Tropical fruit with a smooth rind and juicy orange-yellow flesh (5) 24 Big cats of African and Asian forests, usually having a tawny yellow coat with black, rosette-like spots (8) 26 Russian religious mystic perceived to have influenced Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra (8) 27 Princess of Hanover and the eldest child of the late Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (8) 30 A schedule or list of items to be attended to (6)
31 and 14 Across Winner of the Best Actress Oscar for the 1980 film Coal Miner’s Daughter (5,6)
33 and 19 British conservative MP who was Leader of the Opposition 2001-2003 (4,6,5) 34 A cold sea mist or fog off the North Sea (4)