THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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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 5 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, November 21. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
11 Emmeline –––, political activist who led the British Suffragette movement (9)
12 A long, open, level stretch of ground for walking along, especially beside the seashore (9)
13 A long post or column, used to support a building above ground level (5)
14 The capital of Northern
Ireland (7)
15 ––– planet, a type of celestial body in the solar system, such as Ceres or Pluto (5)
16 A partial or full set of artificial
teeth (8)
18 The ––– –––, painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the meal eaten by Jesus with his disciples on the night before his crucifixion (4,6)
22 A highly-seasoned, dry sausage used especially as a pizza topping (9)
24 (Of a process) performed or taking place in a test tube, culture dish, or elsewhere outside a living organism (2,5)
27 An infectious disease characterised by recurring attacks of chills and fever (7)
28 City in North West England on the River Lune (9)
30 The principle of a political system in which unrestricted power is invested in a monarch or dictator (10)
32 Mount –––, a mountain in South Dakota and a US national memorial (8)
35 Smooth, glossy fabric
of silk or rayon (5)
37 Anthony –––, British author who wrote A Clockwork Orange (7)
38 River in Central England on which Nottingham stands (5)
39 A group of attendants surrounding an important person (9)
40 Antony And –––, tragedy
by William Shakespeare (9)
Down
1 An incident, event or series
of events (7)
2 A state capital of the US Midwest, dissected by the White River and
Fall Creek (12)
3 To sharpen, as by grinding
or friction (4)
4 Relating to a soprano voice or a high-pitched instrument (6)
5 A long scarf or shawl (5)
6 Sums of money paid after
a war by the defeated country for the damage and injuries it caused in other countries (11)
7 A pointed rod on which meat is skewered and roasted (4)
8 A four-wheeled carriage, usually horse-drawn, with two folding hoods (6)
9 Spanish sparkling wine produced by a method similar to that used for champagne (4)
10 Thomas –––, President (1801-09) and Founding Father of the US (9)
17 ––– class, group of people occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy (5)
19 The coniferous forests extending across subarctic North America and Eurasia (5)
20 Chelsea and England goalkeeper of the 1960s and 1970s nicknamed
The Cat (5,7)
21 A best-of-seven playoff between the winning teams of the two major US baseball leagues to decide the championship (5,6)
23 To make into a law
or statute (5)
25 Climbing leguminous plant with blue or purple flowers and tendrils on the stems (5)
26 Official residences
of ambassadors (9)
29 Plant with blue, yellow, white or red trumpetshaped flowers (7)
31 Agile, arboreal monkey with a slender body and long hair around the face (6)
33 A Victorian daytime overcoat with a cape and sleeves (6)
34 The score of 40-all
in tennis (5)
36 Josip Broz –––, President
of Yugoslavia 1953-80 (4) 37 Berkshire village, location of two three-Michelinstarred restaurants (4)
38 Antelope of African grasslands having angular, curved horns (4)