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, March 25 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, April 10. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.
Across
11 To make clear
or clarify (9)
12 To say or do again
or repeatedly (9)
13 An unknown intermediate place or condition between two extremes (5)
14 The unicameral parliament
of Israel (7)
15 1910 painting by Henri Matisse, housed in the Hermitage Museum in
Saint Petersburg (5)
16 Death and decay of tissue as the result of interrupted blood supply, disease or injury (8)
18 Public walks at
seaside resorts (10)
22 Sea ---, spiny shrub with silvery leaves and orange fruits (9)
24 Sleeveless upper garment with wide shoulder straps and a low neck (4,3)
27 In Greek mythology, member of the three
Fates who severs the thread of life (7)
28 Small European bird, the male of which has a bright red throat and breast and a black crown (9)
30 The Three ---, 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas recounting the adventures of d’Artagnan (10)
32 A policy or practice by which a nation grants opportunities for trade to all other nations equally (4,4) 35 The third-longest river
in Africa (5)
37 A river in Africa, rising in Northwest Zambia and eventually emptying into the Indian Ocean (7)
38 Male member of the lowest rank of the
British nobility (5)
39 A member of a society founded in Ireland in
1795 to uphold the Protestant religion (9)
40 A book, usually illustrated, containing details of items for sale (9)
Down
1 The scientific study of the origin, history, structure and composition of the earth (7)
2 Very small American birds with iridescent plumage, long slender bills and narrow wings that vibrate rapidly (12)
3 Joan ---, Catalan Spanish
painter and sculptor (4)
4 --- Mountains, mountain range extending across Bulgaria from the Black Sea to the Western border (6)
5 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich ---, one of the creators of German Idealism (5)
6 Character in the 1947 film
Miracle On 34th Street (4,7)
7 The point or substance of
an argument or speech (4)
8 A cord or band of tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone (6)
9 A small mountain
lake or pool (4) 10 Ferdinand --- ---, 19thCentury French diplomat who directed the construction of the
Suez Canal (2,7)
17 To restate the main
points of (5)
19 A distinctive idea, especially a theme elaborated on in a piece of music or literature (5)
20 False bravery gained from
drinking alcohol (5,7)
21 A strong and continuous attack of gunfire or explosives (11)
23 Ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic and intellectual matters (5)
25 A fine, strong
silky fabric (5)
26 Racket sport played
with a shuttlecock (9)
29 Thomas ---, the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury (7)
31 To provoke to fury (6)
33 A rectangular slab or block forming the lowest part of the base of a column or statue (6)
34 In sport, the seat on which reserve players sit during a game (5)
36 Elisha ---, American inventor who developed a telephone prototype and an early music synthesizer (4)
37 Jacob ---, the President of
South Africa 2009-18 (4)
38 Mountainous Indonesian
island East of Java (4)