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, June 23 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, July 9. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across 11 In law, a judicial decision that serves as an authority for deciding a later case (9) 12 A dungeon, the only entrance to which is through the top (9)
13 and 19 Down An island state in the Caribbean with a drive-in volcano (5,5) 14 El ---, town on the Northern coast of Egypt; scene of a decisive 1942 Allied victory over the Axis forces (7) 15 A communication and position-finding device used in underwater navigation (5) 16 Genus of plants which includes the carnation, pink and sweet william (8) 18 Another name for fire engines (10) 22 Plant also found growing on Shakespeare’s ‘bank where the wild thyme blows’ (9) 24 French writer whose works included the novella Gigi (7) 27 The --- Party, left-wing political organisation dissolved in 2016 (7) 28 Conflict which took place in Eastern Asia from 1950 to 1953 (6,3) 30 The second wife of Henry VIII, and mother of Elizabeth I (4,6) 32 A freshwater crustacean resembling a small lobster (8) 35 A dome-shaped house built of blocks of solid snow (5) 37 An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food (7) 38 A city in North East Oklahoma, USA, on the Arkansas River (5) 39 People who give or read a discourse on a particular subject to an audience (9) 40 To clarify or explain, the meaning of elucidate (9) Down 1 One of the sections into which a serialised novel or radio or TV programme is divided (7) 2 1991 French postapocalyptic black comedy about a butcher’s shop (12) 3 --- Scamander, writer of the textbook Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (4) 4 Sheridan --- ---, 19th Century Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (2,4) 5 A cut of beef, of varying quality (5) 6 Maximilien ---, influential figure of the French Revolution, executed in 1794 (11) 7 A small port and resort in West Scotland, on the Firth of Lorn (4) 8 A Hungarian hunting dog with a smooth rusty-gold coat (6) 9 --- College, public school in Berkshire, founded in 1440 (4) 10 Aubrey ---, 19th Century illustrator and author; a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement (9) 17 A fine net fabric of silk, rayon, etc. (5) 19 See 13 Across 20 The worm-like larvae of butterflies and moths (12) 21 Cartoon character created in 1928 whose voice was originally provided by Walt Disney (6,5) 23 Of or relating to birth (5) 25 L.S. ---, English painter noted for his bleak Northern industrial scenes (5) 26 Burrowing mammal of the Americas, with a covering of horny plates over most of its body (9) 29 A wine from central Italy made using Sangiovese grapes (7) 31 A sturdy shoe, often with ornamental perforations (6) 33 An area in Venice, the business centre of the city in medieval and renaissance times (6) 34 C.S. ---, Irish-born novelist best known for his Chronicles Of Narnia (5) 36 A delicate fabric traditionally made by needles or bobbins (4) 37 City in North West France, burial place of William the Conqueror (4) 38 The grassy surface layer of fields and pastures (4)