LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS, No 1657

ACROSS: 1 Buffalo, 5 Daisy, 8 Essen, 13 Paper tiger, 14 Baby boom, 15 Finial, 16 Tyler, 17 Orache, 18 Virginia, 20 Motet, 21 Ives, 23 European Space Agency, 27 Atto-, 28 Mitre, 29 Big Daddy, 31 Meteor, 33 Picea, 35 Naiads, 37 Brooklyn, 38 Dam Busters, 39 Thief, 40 Wyatt, 41 Isadora.

DOWN: 2 Umami, 3 Fleming, 4 L’atalante, 6 April, 7 Sybaritic, 9 Submarine, 10 Epoch, 11 Agatha, 12 Abbott, 19 Inuit, 20 Maple, 22 El Cid, 24 Ozone hole, 25 Not A Penny, 26 Argonauts, 28 Myrtle, 29 Brahms, 30 Amistad, 32 Earth, 34 Cadet, 36 Durer.