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, July 15 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, July 31. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

11 A breed of tiny dog with short smooth hair and protruding eyes (9)

12 Relating to the third epoch of the Palaeogene geologic period (9)

13 A port on the Southeast coast of South Korea; home to the world’s largest car assembly plant (5)

14 --- F.C., football club based in Ibrox, Glasgow (7)

15 A Latin American dance in duple time, characterised by long, gliding steps and sudden pauses (5)

16 Underground storey of a building (8)

18 Greek mathematician and physicist, noted for his work in geometry, hydrostatics and mechanics (10)

22 A portable box-shaped instrument of the reed organ family (9)

24 Questions, puzzles or verses (7)

27 The study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment (7)

28 Incapable of being maintained, defended or vindicated (9)

30 A part of the Northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand (7,3)

32 See 35

35 and 32 Labour peer who was Home Secretary 2001-04 (5,8)

37 Largest and most populous city of Michigan (7)

38 The last letter of the Greek alphabet (5)

39 A yearning for the return of past circumstances or events (9)

40 Ghostly, eerie or weird (9)

Down

1 Covered with brushwood (7) 2 --- --- --- and Chief of the Naval Staff, title of the military head of the Royal Navy (5,3,4)

3 A short theatrical act (4)

4 Ariel ---, Prime Minister

of Israel 2001-06 (6)

5 John of ---, son of Edward III and father of Henry IV (5)

6 Globular fruit with a tough rind, juicy red pulp and many seeds (11)

7 Affected manners intended to impress others (4)

8 A drum usually beaten with the hands (3-3)

9 David ---, 20th-Century film director whose movies include Brief Encounter and Doctor Zhivago (4)

10 Take back ownership of property for non-payment of money due (9)

17 A special administrative region of China (5)

19 Wading bird with a long neck, slim body and a grey or white plumage (5)

20 Confection prepared by slowly heating sugar and milk (5,2,5)

21 A small thinly-cut piece of beef that can be cooked quickly (6,5)

23 A fabric made from wood pulp or other form of cellulose (5)

25 To inform against or report (3,2)

26 Greater ---, plant of the poppy family, with yellow flowers (9)

29 The largest island of the Isles of Scilly (2,5)

31 A fairly hot curry sauce (6)

33 Foam or froth formed by the action of soap or detergent in water (6)

34 Any of a series of

Russian spacecraft used to ferry crew to and from space stations (5)

36 A vessel for holding cut flowers (4)

37 Archaeological excavations (4)

38 Long shafts of wood for propelling a boat by rowing (4)