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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, March 31 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, April 16. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

Across

11 American poet who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926 (3,6)

12 Franklin D. ---, 32nd President of the United States (9)

13 Lake ---, the second largest of the Great Lakes of North America (5)

14 Large one-handled drinking vessel, sometimes fitted with a hinged lid (7)

15 --- masala, an aromatic mixture of spices, used in curries (5)

16 A contest in which two people or teams pull opposite ends of a rope in an attempt to drag the opposition over a central line (3-2-3)

18 A large, highly venomous tropical American snake with a greyish-brown mottled coloration (3-2-5)

22 In Greek mythology, the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus (9)

24 Something issued for sale or public showing, especially a film or musical recording (7)

27 A sportsperson, particularly a competitor in track and field events (7)

28 --- --- Island, barrier island on the coast of Manatee County, Florida (4,5)

30 Circular pieces of wood or cork used as the target, divided into numbered sectors (10)

32 A ballet by Tchaikovsky about the cursed princess Odette (4,4)

35 To speak slowly, especially prolonging vowel sounds (5)

37 South-east European country formerly a part of Yugoslavia (7)

38 Helen ---, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1999-2008 (5)

39 and 40 Opera buffa in two acts by Rossini, first performed in 1816 (3,6,2,7)

Down

1 A broad heavy knife used for cutting or as a weapon (7)

2 Person who studies, surveys and maps oceans, seas and rivers (12)

3 and 5 Astronaut who became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 (4,5)

4 Mr Rochester’s first wife in Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre (6)

5 See 3

6 A waxy substance used as theatrical make-up by actors (11)

7 Sweeney ---, fictional murderous barber whose victims ended up in pies (4)

8 Bay of ---, a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar (6)

9 Equipment and supplies for a particular operation or sport (4)

10 Impulsive headlong rushes of startled cattle or horses (9)

17 A soft sweet made from sugar, butter and cream or milk (5)

19 A variety of wheat used chiefly to make pastas (5)

20 Geographical feature on the border between the United States and Canada (7,5)

21 Sleeping accommodation and meals (3,3,5)

23 --- 3, a type of polyunsaturated fatty acid found in fish oil (5)

25 Sophia ---, Best Actress Oscar winner for the 1961 film Two Women (5)

26 A person taking an examination or test (9)

29 Person who interrupts a public speaker or performer with comments, questions or taunts (7)

31 Honoré de ---, 19th-Century French novelist and playwright who wrote La Comédie Humaine (6)

33 Fish of tropical and temperate seas, with thick lips and strong teeth (6)

34 A leather band for sharpening razors (5)

36 --- predator, a predator at the top of a food chain (4)

37 A republic, and the largest island, in the Caribbean (4)

38 Small South American rodent with a thickset body and short tail (4)

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