THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN £1,500
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, January 30 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name will be published on Sunday, February 15. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
ACROSS 1 Political party founded in 2004 and currently led by George Galloway (7) 5 Person who is soon parted from his money according to the proverb (1,4) 8 Christoph Willibald –––, German composer 1714-1787 (5) 13 The ––– Bridge, structure that connects San Francisco to Marin County (6,4) 14 The –––, a 1973 horror film starring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair (8) 15 Giant panda that was an attraction at London Zoo 1958-1972 (3,3) 16 African animal also known as the forest giraffe or zebra giraffe (5) 17 Anne –––, the mother of Elizabeth I (6) 18 Country bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia (8) 20 ––– Night, a Dorothy L. Sayers novel with Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane (5) 21 Name of the lioness whose story was told in Born Free (4) 23 Percy Sledge single released in 1966 (4,1,3,5,1,5) 27 Norway’s capital city (4) 28 Gene –––, singing cowboy on radio, TV and film who died in 1998 aged 91 (5) 29 Greek philosopher after whom Mycroft Holmes’s gentleman’s club was named (8) 31 Mark –––, film actor in The Guard and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (6) 33 The Gem State in America (5) 35 Village in Monmouthshire, home to a late medieval castle (6) 37 Transitional metal with the atomic number 78 (8) 38 One-eyed son of Poseidon in Greek mythology (10) 39 Strong adhesive with two resins that require mixing before use (5) 40 Michael –––, composer of the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat (5) 41 Commoner holding the lowest British hereditary title (7) DOWN 2 Subdivision of the geological timescale, longer than an age and shorter than a period (5) 3 Pedal-powered passenger vehicle, also known as a cycle rickshaw (7) 4 The Q –––, antagonists in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation (9) 6 The Blue Peter tortoise 1963-79 (5) 7 1/1440 of a day (3,6) 9 A 1983 movie for which Mark Knopfler wrote the musical score (5,4) 10 ––– Kasem, actor who voiced Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo cartoons (5) 11 Derek –––, actor in the ITV sitcom Vicious (6) 12 Alternative name for the Indian city Mumbai (6) 19 Captain W.E. –––, author of the Biggles books (5) 20 Anthropomorphic dog who is friends with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (5) 22 Sam –––, detective character in Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon (5) 24 Upper and most recently evolved part of the mammalian brain (9) 25 A 1976 Mike Leigh Play For Today starring Alison Steadman (4,2,3) 26 Appendix of the Old Testament not considered canonical in some faiths (9) 28 Silvery white colour in heraldry (6) 29 Yankee ––– Dandy, a 1942 musical biopic starring James Cagney (6) 30 Spanish artist born Domenikos Theotokopoulos (2,5) 32 The Black –––, a novel by Alexandre Dumas (5) 34 Johnny –––, a sci-fi hero also known as Strontium Dog (5) 36 Blue colour on coats of arms, also a song by Duke Ellington (5)