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 25 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, June 10. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
11 Dishes of beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring (9) 12 A community of living organisms and their physical environment (9) 13 The main vessel in the arterial network (5) 14 A person who moves aimlessly from place to place, usually without a regular job (7) 15 A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms (5) 16 See 17 Down 18 A member of the Cambridge spy ring of the 1940s and 1950s (3,7) 22 A shopkeeper who sells newspapers and magazines (9) 24 Catherine – – –, 20th Century author whose novels were inspired by her youth in the North East (7) 27 A port in North East Italy, the capital of the FriuliVenezia Giulia region (7) 28 In tennis, the point scored after deuce (9) 30 Shrub native to Mexico and Central America, widely cultivated for its showy scarlet bracts (10) 32 A person who works to bring about political or social change, often by campaigning in public (8) 35 ––– High Dam, a dam on the Nile forming the Lake Nasser reservoir (5) 37 A strong wooden or metal post on a wharf or quay, used for securing mooring lines (7) 38 A bowed, stringed musical instrument of the violin family (5) 39 In economics, a progressive increase in prices and the cost of living (9) 40 An autonomous community of North East Spain (9)
Down
1 Painting technique using opaque watercolour paint in which the pigments are bound with glue (7) 2 American composer who won four Oscars, including one for the song Moon River from Breakfast At Tiffany’s (5,7) 3 Flightless New Zealand bird with a mottled brown plumage, also called the Maori hen (4) 4 A room in which an artist, photographer or musician works (6) 5 A savoury, clear jelly made from meat or fish stock (5) 6 Causing great and irreparable damage (11) 7 An uncastrated male pig (4) 8 ––– mushroom, fanshaped edible fungus that grows on the trunks of certain trees (6) 9 ––– gun, a device designed to temporarily immobilize an animal or person (4) 10 The character ‘&’, meaning ‘and’ (9)
17 and 16 Across British four-time Formula One World Champion (5,8) 19 Francis –––, 20th Century Irish-born painter whose works included Painting 1946 (5) 20 Chilean volcanic island in the Pacific, its Polynesian name is Rapa Nui (6,6) 21 Geoffrey – – – – – –, British aviation pioneer and engineer whose company built the Moth and Mosquito aircraft (2,9) 23 An alarm or warning (5) 25 A ruminant mammal of Central African forests, with horizontal white stripes on the legs (5) 26 Princess –––, younger sister of Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco (9) 29 ––– Empire, the former Turkish ruling power in Europe, Asia and Africa (7) 31 Maurice –––, US writer and illustrator of children’s books, including Where The Wild Things Are (6) 33 Young people undergoing preliminary training before entry to the uniformed services or police (6) 34 The bread or cakes produced at one baking (5) 36 The Astronaut’s –––, science fiction thriller starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron (4) 37 On –––, the state of being on conditional release from custody (4) 38 The basic structural and functional unit of living organisms (4)