Polymath 880 Set by Sleuth
ACROSS
1 Dubai skyscraper that is
the world’s tallest artificial
structure (4,7)
7 An immature form of some
insects (5)
10 US wildlife artist who
produced Birds of America (7)
11 A collection of novellas by the
Italian author Boccaccio (9)
12 British composer who wrote
the music and lyrics for the
musical Oliver! (6,4)
13 Basketwork using willow twigs
(6)
15 Claude, who founded a noted
champagne house in 1743 (4)
16 Italian operatic tenor, born in
Naples in 1873 (6,6)
18 Nickname of Frederick I, Holy
Roman Emperor (8)
19 Not showing the conventional
behaviour of a son or daughter
(8)
22Special British honour,
instituted in 1902, given for
eminence in a field (5,2,5)
24Niels, Danish scientist who
won the Nobel Prize for
Physics in 1922 (4)
26Brian, who managed Derby
County, Leeds United and
Nottingham Forest (6)
27Pennsylvania town in which
Lincoln made a memorable
address in 1863 (10)
30A very small vessel carrying
blood from the heart to the
body (9)
31 A South American plant (7)
32 A dark granular rock used to
make abrasive powder (5)
33 Visual illusion created by
use of minute details or
other effects in painting and
architecture (6,5)
DOWN
1 An unruly punch-up (5)
2 English rock band formed in
1985 noted for their album OK
Computer (9)
3 A Middle Eastern dish made
with minced meat and bulgar
shaped into patties (6)
4Actress who played the
seductress Mrs Robinson in
the film The Graduate (4,8)
5 Miguel, Spanish cyclist who
won five consecutive victories
in the Tour de France (8)
6 Bony structure of the foot
between the heel and toes (4)
7 Relating to money, coins or
medals (10)
8French mime artist noted for
his stage persona Bip The
Clown (7)
9 Lexicographer who wrote A
Dictionary of Modern English
Usage (5,6)
14 English Puritan lawyer, first
governor of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony (4,8)
15 Character played by Janet
Leigh in Hitchcock’s Psycho
(6,5)
17 US music producer who
founded the Motown Records
label (5,5)
20A colourless gas with a faint
odour like petroleum (9)
21 An old gun for discharging
stones or firing salutes (8)
23 A unit of measurement of the
power of a lens (7)
25------ Hands, the coxswain on
the Hispaniola in Treasure
Island (6)
28A small ravine (5)
29Michael, and politician who
led the UK Labour party from
1980 to 1983 (4)
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Solution Polymath 878
The first correct entry drawn
on Wednesday September 7
wins a copy of The Chambers
Dictionary. Entries should be
addressed to Polymath No 880,
Weekend FT, One Southwark
Bridge, London SE1 9HL. The
solution and winner’s name will
be published on September 10.
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