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, August 12 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, August 28. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!

Across

11 Avocado-based dip which originated in Mexico (9) 12 An artificial sweetener used in diet soft drinks (9)

13 A less common word for lawful (5)

14 Doctor ---, Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe (7)

15 --- Antipas, 1st-Century ruler of Galilee and Perea, known for his purported role in the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus (5)

16 Dense growths of small trees and shrubs (8) 18 German-born novelist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1929 (6,4) 22 To bend one or both knees as a sign of reverence, especially in church (9) 24 Plant of the carnation family, bearing red, pink or white flowers (7) 27 A person who examines something in detail (7)

28 The activity of taking people or goods from one place to another (9)

30 Dishes that are served as an accompaniment to something else (4,6) 32 A slang name for a police patrol vehicle (5,3)

35 Yair ---, politician serving as the Prime Minister of Israel since July 2022 (5)

37 Game in which a wooden ball is hit through iron hoops (7)

38 and 10 Down Archduke of Austria whose assassination in 1914 precipitated events which led to the start of the First World War (5,9)

39 Person who lends funds at illegal or exorbitant rates of interest (4,5)

40 In British territories, the ending of the slave trade or slavery itself (9)

Down

1 A dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course (7)

2 A group of musicians who play music as they walk (8,4)

3 William Howard ---, the

27th President of the

United States (4) 4 A sugar-coated sweet containing a nut or seed (6) 5 The longest thickest bone of the human skeleton (5) 6 American poet famous for the verse collection Leaves Of Grass (4,7)

7 --- Dei, international Roman Catholic organisation founded in 1928 (4) 8 Johannes ---, German composer and pianist of the Romantic period whose works include A German Requiem (6)

9 A salmon up to two years of age, with dark spots and transverse bands (4) 10 See 38 Across

17 --- Dalglish, Scottish exinternational footballer who played for Celtic FC and Liverpool FC in the 1970s and 1980s (5)

19 Practice exams taken in preparation for real ones (5) 20 Typical of a privileged class of people usually of high birth (12)

21 On ---, a metaphor for nervous anticipation (11) 23 Having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay (5)

25 (Of a cow) made a characteristic deep long sound (5)

26 Insect similar to, but smaller than, a dragonfly (9) 29 US state whose capital is Phoenix (7)

31 Most unusual or peculiar (6) 33 --- movie, a film with a fast-moving plot (6)

34 A large painting or picture on a wall (5)

36 Edith ---, 20th-Century French singer famous for singing ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’ (4)

37 Cassius ---, original name of the boxer Muhammad Ali (4)

38 Metal in the form of very thin sheets (4)