THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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Across 11 The emission or transfer of energy as particles, electromagnetic waves or sound (9)
12 To present someone by name to another person (9) 13 A city and resort in South East Florida on Biscayne Bay (5)
14 John –––, English actor knighted in 1953, after whom a West End theatre is named (7) 15 See 35
16 James Hepburn, Earl of –––, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (8) 18 Artist of the late Italian Renaissance whose works include one of the world’s largest paintings on canvas, Paradise (10)
22 Zac, Baron –––, Conservative MP 2010-16 and 2017-19 (9)
24 The longest river in Ireland (7)
27 An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food (7)
28 A pair of spectacles or opera glasses mounted on a handle (9)
30 Stop-motion animated children’s character from the fictional village of Greendale (7,3)
32 A city on the River Arno in Tuscany, Italy (8)
35 and 15 French artist famed for his drawings and paintings of dancers (5,5) 37 An instance of falling or jumping off a surfboard or skateboard (7)
38 ––– zirconia, an artificial crystal resembling a diamond (5)
39 A position of public attention or notice (9)
40 John –––, 20th Century US writer whose novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes Of Wrath (9)
Down
1 North East Lincolnshire port on the South bank of the Humber Estuary (7) 2 Likely to be of benefit, favourable (12)
3 Salvador –––, 20th Century Spanish surrealist artist (4) 4 1st Century BC Roman poet who wrote the epic Aeneid, comprising
12 books in dactylic hexameter (6) 5 An alphabetical list of persons, places or subjects mentioned in the text of a printed work (5)
6 Birds living near open water, with greenish-blue and orange plumage (11) 7 A group of pedigree animals, especially horses, kept for breeding purposes (4)
8 A very large, rare New
World vulture (6)
9 One of the spongy, sac-like respiratory organs of higher vertebrates (4)
10 Cutlery items used for adding sugar to, and stirring, drinks (9)
17 Tom –––, American author whose works include
The Bonfire Of The Vanities and The Right Stuff (5)
19 Mike –––, US boxer, undisputed heavyweight champion in the 1980s (5) 20 Ruin situated on the River Wye in Monmouthshire (7,5) 21 ––– ––– the Younger, became the youngest Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 at the age of 24 (7,4) 23 Country in South West Europe, its territory includes the Canary and Balearic Islands (5)
25 The communion table in Christian churches (5) 26 Musical term meaning without instrumental accompaniment (1,8)
29 Baked item made from a yeast dough with raisins in it, usually eaten toasted and buttered (7)
31 A hard, metamorphic rock used for building and sculpture (6)
33 A group of offspring produced at one birth by a mammal (6)
34 A thicket of small trees or bushes, especially one regularly trimmed back to stumps (5)
36 Wild animals, including birds and fish, hunted for sport or food (4)
37 Payment in return for work or services, especially made on a daily, hourly, weekly or piece-work basis (4) 38 Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature (4)