THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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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, July 23 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, August 8. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
1 Harriet --- ---, 19th-Century American author of the novel Uncle
Tom’s Cabin (7,5)
8 Northamptonshire village; the site of a major Parliamentarian victory in the Civil War (6)
11 A person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to a city centre (8) 12 Masked character created by Johnston McCulley; the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega (5)
13 Burl ---, actor whose roles include Big Daddy in the 1958 film Cat On A Hot
Tin Roof (4)
14 The attachment of a climber to a mountain by tying the rope off round a rock spike or piton (5)
15 Large gun dog with a white coat speckled with liver, brown or yellowish markings (7,6)
17 A measure taken to arrest the advance of anything dangerous or harmful (9) 19 Geoffrey ---, former Yorkshire and England cricketer, who made
108 Test appearances for his country (7)
23 Inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid (4)
24 A complete change or reversal, as of opinion, attitude or direction (5-4) 25 A large farm outbuilding, used for storing hay or housing livestock (4)
26 Charles ---, English mathematician and engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer (7)
28 A sacred, solemn or authoritative book or piece of writing (9)
31 Not to be relied upon (13)
34 Mahmoud ---, President of the Palestinian
National Authority (5)
36 A list of dishes served at a meal or that can be ordered in a restaurant (4)
37 A fastening on a door
or gate (5)
38 Buildings, especially large
or imposing ones (8)
39 To injure or damage
by overexertion (6)
40 Shop selling small articles for sewing, such as buttons, zips and ribbons (12)
Down
2 Grinds or wears
down or away (6)
3 A bell tower, especially in Italy, not usually attached to another building (9)
4 --- one’s words, takes back something said; recants or retracts (4)
5 Specially-designed chamber in which valuables are locked for safety (10)
6 Ring ---, a European thrush,
common in rocky areas (5)
7 A way out, such as a path (6) 8 Corners or narrow
recesses (5) 9 --- nerve, the human body’s longest nerve, running from the lower back down to the lower leg (7)
10 Nickname used for the Yeomen of the Guard and the Yeomen Warders at the Tower of London (10)
16 A Malaysian state located on the Northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia (6)
18 Member of a Mexican people who established a great empire in the
Valley of Mexico (5)
20 Heavily or elaborately
decorated (6)
21 Achievement or
accomplishment (10)
22 Writer and illustrator whose works include The Tiger Who Came To Tea (6,4)
25 Traditional Welsh tea bread flavoured with dried fruits and spices (4,5)
27 A coral island in the
East Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands (7)
29 A flexible rod or twig, used especially for punishment (6)
30 A profession or occupation chosen as one’s life’s work (6)
32 The commercial premises of a hairdresser or beautician (5)
33 Treatment for drink
or drug addiction (5)
35 La ---, one of the three Spanish ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492 (4)