THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
WIN €2,000
There’s an amazing €2,000 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, February 15 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, March 3. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
1 Theatrical or literary reviews (7) 5 See 16 10 An organism with identical genetic information to the organism from which it was created (5) 11 Questions, puzzles or verses, conundrums (7) 13 The power or faculty of vision (5) 14 Official on a bus or train who collects fares and checks tickets (9) 15 A fine-grained, white, opaque or translucent variety of gypsum, often used for statues (9) 16 and 5 1941 detective novel by Agatha Christie set in Devon and featuring Hercule Poirot (4,5,3,3) 17 TV screenwriter best known for his creative partnership with Dick Clement (3,2,7) 20 The fleshy tissue that covers the jawbones around the bases of teeth (4) 21 Theodore –––, 26th US president, after whom the teddy bear is named (9) 22 The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 (4) 26 Hill above a town in Central Italy, site of an intense battle during World War II (5,7) 27 Name of 12 Popes, the last of which reigned from 1939-1958 (4) 29 Rooms, or sets of rooms, where books and other literary materials are kept (9) 31 An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea famous for its active volcano (9) 33 In legal contexts, earth or land (5) 34 Large, extinct elephant with a hairy coat and long, curved tusks (7) 35 Fruits of a type of palm, with sweet, edible flesh and one large seed (5) 36 Poisonous herbicide used by US forces during the Vietnam War (5,6) 37 Siegfried –––, English poet and author who became famous for writing anti-war verse during World War I (7)
Down
1 Former leader of the Britain’s Liberal Democrats, deputy PM of Britain’s Coalition government from 20102015 (4,5) 2 Tracey –––, singer and half of the duo Everything But The Girl (5) 3 Sweet and innocent-looking, as a child-like angel (8) 4 In folklore, an elf-like creature, especially one associated with water (6) 5 Pedestrian tunnels running beneath a road or railway line (11) 6 The fourth letter in the Greek alphabet (5) 7 People seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition (8) 8 Sign of the zodiac represented by the archer – a creature that is half horse, half human (11) 9 The fundamental qualities of people or things, identities or characters (7) 12 Raised wooden platform previously used for the public execution of criminals (8) 16 Dublin-born philosopher and politician who wrote A Philosophical Enquiry (6,5) 18 Ken –––, former British Labour MP and Mayor of London 2000-2008 (11) 19 A room built largely of glass to afford exposure to the sun (8) 23 Harold –––, also called Harold II, defeated at the Battle of Hastings (9) 24 A unit of measurement of electrical power (8) 25 In Greek myths, a king of Argos and suitor of Helen, who fought with the Greeks at Troy (8) 26 A body of citizen soldiers, as opposed to professionals (7) 28 Johannes –––, German composer and pianist whose works included A German Requiem (6) 30 Original name of Saint Peter in the New Testament (5) 32 Informal term for an instrumental passage that concludes a piece of music (5)