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, November 25 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, December 11. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
ACROSS
10 A city in central Japan on Honshu; host city of the 1998 Winter Olympics (6) 11 The Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1999-2009 (6,6) 12 A member of a South American people whose empire centred on Peru (4) 13 The ---, the main building of the United States Congress (7) 14 A leguminous tropical or subtropical shrub or tree with fragrant yellow or white flowers (6) 15 The capital city of the republic of Georgia (7) 16 1994 film which won six Oscars, including Best Actor for its star Tom Hanks (7,4) 20 Husks of cereal grain, separated from the flour by sifting (4) 21 Exercise in which the body is alternately raised from and lowered to the floor by the arms only (5-2) 22 In Christianity, a form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations, each followed by an unvarying response (6) 23 A meeting of chiefs of governments or other high officials (6) 25 --- fever, an acute, infectious disease caused by a bacterium of the Salmonella genus (7) 27 The Second --- War, conflict which took place in Southern Africa between 1899 and 1902 (4) 28 King of the Franks 768-814 and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor 800-814 (11) 29 Pablo ---, Spanish artist, the co-founder of Cubism (7) 32 Genus of plants which includes the chives, garlic and leek (6) 35 Another name for the kneecap (7) 36 Any of various plants with long, flexible stems that creep along the ground or climb by clinging to a support (4) 37 The largest species of monitor lizard (6,6) 38 British trade union representing local government, health care and other public sector workers (6)
DOWN
1 Thomas ---, 18th Century portrait and landscape painter whose works include The Blue Boy (12) 2 James --- ---, American space scientist after whom two belts of radiation around the Earth are named (3,5) 3 A charitable woman of Joppa who appears in Acts in the New Testament (6) 4 The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 5 The total number of printings of a book, newspaper or other published material (8) 6 In Greek mythology, a hero of Corinth who killed the Chimera (11) 7 Jane Austen novel featuring a matchmaking heroine (4) 8 In poker, five cards that are in sequence, irrespective of suit (8) 9 and 24 American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 (4,8) 17 A cold dish of raw or cooked vegetables, such as lettuce, tomatoes, etc (5) 18 Juan --- ---, President of Colombia and winner of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize (6,6) 19 Place for recreation in Manhattan, New York City (7,4) 21 William ---, Secretary of State to four Tudor monarchs (5) 24 See 9 26 A red wine-grape grown in South Africa, produced by crossing Pinot Noir and other varieties (8) 27 Simone de ---, 20th Century French intellectual (8) 30 In Greek mythology, the son of Daedalus, with whom he escaped from Crete (6) 31 An organism with identical genetic information to the organism from which it was created (5) 33 The North American name for the type of bird known in the UK as a diver (4) 34 A tract of unenclosed, uncultivated upland, often covered in heather (4)
NOW THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO ENTER
Complete the Prize Crossword and count how many times the letter ‘i’ appears in the finished grid. Then text ISPY followed by your answer, name and postcode to 65700. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. Or call 0905 652 2172 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday. Or post your completed grid AND iSpy answer to The Prize Crossword No 1776, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, November 25 (photocopies not accepted). The winner will be selected at random from correct iSpy answers. *See left for details, and terms and conditions.
Winner of Prize Crossword No 1773: Mrs Amy Shaw, of London E1. Last week’s answer: 17