THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
There’s an amazing £1,500 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, August 14 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, August 30. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
11 In Roman legend, a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had extracted a thorn (9) 12 South Central European republic in the Apennines, forming an enclave in Italy (3,6) 13 All the animal life of a given place or time (5) 14 A soft suede leather traditionally made from the hide of a goat antelope (7) 15 Fasten using a device with two rows of metal or plastic teeth (3,2) 16 A substance or fluid released into the atmosphere (8) 18 Physicians or psychiatrists who work in a treatment centre (10) 22 German-Dutch Jewish teenager whose diary recorded her experiences in hiding from the Nazis during World War II (4,5) 24 Something used to absorb excess ink or other liquid (7) 27 A resort area in Hawaii on South East Oahu, a suburb of Honolulu (7) 28 A painting or drawing of inanimate objects, such as fruit or flowers (5,4) 30 The study and use of practical measures for the preservation of public health (10) 32 The General – – – is the first part of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (8) 35 Actions intended to mislead, deceive or trick (5) 37 Small, rounded, usually inflamed swellings of the skin (7) 38 A room used as an office or living quarters in a ship (5) 39 A small dog of a Tibetan breed, with a long, straight, dense coat (5,4) 40 British naval rank junior to rear admiral and senior to captain (9)
Down
1 Thomas Stamford – – –, British statesman who founded modern Singapore (7) 2 A formal or binding decision about a dispute or problem (12) 3 The ninth letter in the Greek alphabet (4) 4 In Greek mythology, one of the three Erinyes or Furies, along with Megaera and Tisiphone (6) 5 A state of North East India producing large quantities of tea (5) 6 Shakespeare comedy featuring the characters Rosalind and Orlando (2,3,4,2) 7 Antelopes inhabiting the savannas of Africa, wildebeests (4) 8 Honoré de – – –, 19th Century French novelist and playwright who wrote La Comédie Humaine (6) 9 To walk with an uneven step (4) 10 Calmness, especially of the mind (9) 17 Peninsula of North East Egypt, a land bridge between Asia and Africa (5) 19 Alfred – – –, Swedish chemist and philanthropist after whom a set of annual prizes is named (5) 20 Tennis player who was the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (6,6) 21 Yorkshire scene of a 1644 battle in which the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists (7,4) 23 Piece of quartz used as a primitive tool or for striking fire (5) 25 A type of bay window (5) 26 A sponge cake spread with jam, cream or another filling and served in a cylindrical form (5,4) 29 In Greek mythology, the lover of Hero, who drowned whilst trying to swim across the Hellespont (7) 31 Abel – – –, 17th Century Dutch navigator whose explorations included New Zealand (6) 33 A US and Canadian name for a CV (6) 34 German opera composer of the early classical period who wrote Orfeo Ed Euridice (5) 36 Derogatory nickname for someone who refuses to support a trade union’s actions (4) 37 An insect at the immobile, non-feeding stage of development between larva and adult (4) 38 A large lump of earth or clay (4)