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 28 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, May 14. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
ACROSS
11 A person or group responsible for the administration of a project, activity or business (9) 12 The aim of unity among all Christian churches throughout the world (9) 13 Any of the surfaces of a cut gemstone (5) 14 In Irish myths, a beautiful girl who was raised by Conchobar to be his wife but eloped with Naoise (7) 15 --- Cup, the trophy awarded in a professional golfing competition between teams from Europe and the US (5) 16 A white wine from the Rhine valley in Germany (8) 18 To go or cause to go more quickly; speed up (10) 22 A port and resort in South East England, at the mouth of the River Medway (9) 24 A person who maintains beliefs contrary to the established teachings of a particular religion (7) 27 A person who is believed to speak through divine inspiration (7) 28 A person regarded by others as a good example to follow (4,5) 30 Hairstyle of long, tightly-curled strands, adopted by Rastafarians (10) 32 A type of comic or lighthearted musical drama (8) 35 A sticky substance obtained from some types of tree (5) 37 A country on the West African coast, the capital of which is Monrovia (7) 38 Sam ---, American golfer who won a record 82 PGA Tour events (5) 39 Part of the alimentary canal (9) 40 A life-size dummy of the human body, used to fit or display clothes (9)
DOWN
1 Fictional police inspector created by Ruth Rendell (7) 2 Harriet --- ---, 19th Century American author of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (7,5) 3 An open, flat-bottomed boat with square ends, propelled by a pole (4) 4 John ---, English cricketer who launched his Cricketers’ Almanack in 1864 (6) 5 See 31 6 Fortress near Maidstone in Kent, built in 1119 to replace an earlier Saxon manor (5,6) 7 A racing toboggan on which riders lie on their backs (4) 8 The patron saint of England (6) 9 Captain William ---, Scottish sailor tried and executed for piracy in 1701 (4) 10 An unforeseen or sudden occurrence (9) 17 Type of worm with a sucker at each end of its body, feeding on the blood of other animals (5) 19 Town in north-east Surrey near Runnymede (5) 20 Fearsome European leader from 434 until his death in 453 (6,3,3) 21 Norwegian dramatist and poet whose plays included Peer Gynt (6,5) 23 Imitating a style or fashion from the recent past (5) 25 A method for detecting the position and velocity of an aircraft (5) 26 The thin, protective, outer layer of the skin (9) 29 Warren G. ---, the 29th President of the United States (7) 31 and 5 British winner of the heptathlon gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games (6,5) 33 Edible marine crustaceans (6) 34 Surname of two German brothers who were best known for publishing collections of folk and fairy tales (5) 36 Vikram ---, Indian poet and novelist who wrote A Suitable Boy (4) 37 The resting place of a wild animal (4) 38 A type of duck, the male of which has a white plumage with black markings (4)