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, April 3 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, April 19. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter. Across 1 One of the five boroughs of New York City, located in the southwest of the city (6,6) 8 To dig up something buried, disinter (6) 11 Best Picture Academy Award winner at the 2020 ceremony (8) 12 A Greek island in the Ionian Sea, the setting for Gerald Durrell’s book about his childhood in the late 1930s (5) 13 A narrow, shelf-like bed, typically in shared quarters (4) 14 Continuous dull pains (5) 15 English author and illustrator who created Peter Rabbit (7,6) 17 Related to crocodiles, a large reptile with a powerful jaw and sharp teeth that lives in and near rivers and lakes (9) 19 A pickle of Indian origin, made from fruit, vinegar, spices, sugar (7) 23 King – – –, Shakespeare tragedy about a pre-Roman king of the Britons (4) 24 Musical by Lerner and Loewe set in Scotland and choreographed by Agnes de Mille, which opened on Broadway in 1947 (9) 25 Extinct flightless bird which inhabited Mauritius (4) 26 A gas used for cooking and heating (7) 28 and 22 Down Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in London in 1777 (3,6,3,7) 31 A difference in attitude and behaviour between older people and younger people (10,3) 34 T. S. – – –, US-born British poet and dramatist whose works include The Waste Land (5) 36 César – – –, Swiss hotelier, founder of famous establishments in Paris and London (4) 37 Relating to a US and Canadian strict Mennonite sect (5) 38 A golden coloured, sweet liqueur made from Scotch whisky, honey, herbs and spices (8) 39 Firearms with long barrels and a spirally-grooved interior intended to make the bullet spin (6) 40 In golf, scores of two strokes over par for a hole (6,6) Down 2 Roofing material consisting of straw or reeds (6) 3 Person who is making a journey (9)

4 and 32 British judoka who won silver medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games (4,5) 5 English snooker player who won six World Championship titles during the 1980s (5,5) 6 Berkshire racecourse noted for its Royal meeting in June (5) 7 Charles – – –, English naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection (6) 8 To furnish with necessary supplies (5) 9 The environment in which an animal or plant normally lives or grows (7) 10 Claudio – – –, Italian composer and musician who wrote the early Baroque opera L’Orfeo (10) 16 A narrow strip of fine material, especially silk or satin (6) 18 The county town of Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland (5) 20 The largest of the four main islands of Japan (6) 21 A provisional order, especially in divorce proceedings, which will later be made absolute (6,4) 22 See 28 Across 25 A colloquial name used by the Allies for the V-1 flying bomb, launched from the North Coast of France from 1944 (9) 27 Crisp, savoury biscuit in the form of a knot or stick (7) 29 Felt sympathy or sorrow for the sufferings of another (6) 30 A plan of action adopted by an individual or government (6) 32 See 4 33 Jawaharlal – – –, the first prime minister of India (5) 35 Any of the hair-like filaments that form the vane of a feather (4)