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, March 29 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, April 14. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter. Across 11 A person who attacks another physically or verbally (9) 12 Relating to the process by which people vote for political officials (9) 13 The capital city of Tibet (5) 14 In The Arabian Nights, a poor young man who obtains a magic lamp and ring (7) 15 In Greek mythology, a river in Hades that caused forgetfulness (5) 16 Oxfordshire palace and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill (8) 18 Scientists who study living organisms (10) 22 Songbird which has a red-and-white face and yellow-and-black wings (9) 24 Japanese artist who married John Lennon in 1969 (4,3) 27 Sea cow of tropical coasts and estuaries, with a rounded tail flipper (7) 28 The branch of physical geography dealing with the formation and features of mountains (9) 30 The Malay Archipelago, including the Philippines, now more commonly called South East Asia (4,6) 32 Kick in football in which a player strikes the ball with the rear part of the foot (4-4) 35 Hindu or Sikh religious teachers or leaders (5) 37 Of or relating to the heart (7) 38 Nick –––, knighted English golfer, winner of three Open and three Masters tournaments (5) 39 A police officer ranking immediately above a sergeant (9) 40 Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, crushed by the ice in Antarctica in 1915 (9) Down 1 Marsupial similar to but smaller than a kangaroo (7) 2 Representatives concerned with the valuation, management, lease and sale of property (6,6) 3 ––– monster, a venomous, brightly-coloured lizard (4) 4 A highly-seasoned type of sausage, often flavoured with garlic (6) 5 In Greek myths, a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders (5) 6 British military historian and writer whose works include the spy novel The IPCRESS File (3,8) 7 Aquatic migratory bird with black-and-white plumage (4) 8 A German prisoner-of-war camp in World War II (6) 9 Any of the small metal bars set across the fingerboard of a guitar (4) 10 Hampshire town known as the Home of the British Army (9) 17 Gustav –––, English composer most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets (5) 19 A single thickness of a substance, stratum or coating (5) 20 The activity of writing or sharing tales (12) 21 Italian motor racing driver who founded a luxury sports car company in 1939 (4,7) 23 Sigmund –––, Austrian psychiatrist famous for his development of psychoanalysis (5) 25 A fine, cotton-like fibre that grows around the seeds of the ceiba tree, used as stuffing for toys and cushions (5) 26 Waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale, used in the manufacture of perfumes (9) 29 Formerly, a person who distributed charitable donations on behalf of a household or institution (7) 31 2017 hit single for Julia Michaels, from the EP Nervous System (6) 33 A covered passage with shops or market stalls (6) 34 A mountain in Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps (5) 36 Strategy board game invented in 1957 (4) 37 Marcus Porcius –––, Roman statesman and writer (4) 38 Agricultural tool with metal prongs, used for lifting and digging (4)