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 16 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, March 4. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
1 Immerses, buries or
swallows up (7)
5 White grape grown in the Loire region of France and elsewhere, used for making wine (6,5)
10 A bundle of reaped but unthreshed corn tied with one or two bonds (5)
11 Wilkie ---, 19th-Century writer whose works include The Woman In White and The Moonstone (7)
13 The largest moon of the
planet Saturn (5)
14 Giuseppe ---, 19th-Century Italian patriot after whom a type of biscuit is named (9) 15 The quality of being able to accept the beliefs, actions and opinions of others (9) 16 The standard monetary unit
of South Africa (4)
17 Red resinous substance obtained from the fruit of certain palms (7,5)
20 Wild animals, including birds and fish, hunted for sport or food (4)
21 Luke ---, winner of the
2024 PDC World Darts Championship (9)
22 William --- Ellis, English clergyman often credited with the invention of rugby football (4)
26 The governing body of the
Church of England (7,5)
27 --- Of The D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy novel first published in 1891 (4) 29 Any final or peremptory offer, demand or proposal (9)
31 A predatory marine fish with a protruding lower jaw (9)
33 A type of Australian acacia, with a hard, scented wood (5)
34 A person who is formally proposed as a candidate (7)
35 The dome-shaped
den of a beaver (5)
36 The central counties
of England (3,8)
37 Norma ---, CanadianAmerican actress who won an Oscar for her role in the 1930 film
The Divorcee (7)
Down
1 Relaxed in manner
or attitude (4-5)
2 Germaine ---, Australianborn writer and academic whose works include The Female Eunuch (5)
3 District of Paris, on the southern side of the
River Seine (4,4)
4 Implement with a curved blade for cutting grass or corn (6)
5 Decorative handwriting
considered as an art (11) 6 George ---, 19th-Century English novelist who wrote Middlemarch (5)
7 A dressing gown made from towelling or a similar fabric (8) 8 Private estate in Staffordshire, opened to the public in 1860 and turned into a theme park in 1980 (5,6)
9 To compete in order to
win something (7)
12 J.D. ---, American writer, author of The Catcher In The Rye (8)
16 To argue in protest
or objection (11)
18 Goalkeeper of the
England team that won the 1966 football
World Cup (6,5)
19 A broadcast summary
of the news (8)
23 A pirate, especially one who preyed on the
Spanish colonies and shipping in the Caribbean in the 17th Century (9)
24 Family name of the current
rulers of Monaco (8)
25 Charles --- ---, French general and statesman who served as president of France 1959-69 (2,6)
26 A person with a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink (7)
28 Close-fitting underpants (6) 30 Giant spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois, displayed at the Tate Modern (5)
32 --- Milk Wood, 1954 play for radio by Dylan
Thomas, later adapted for the stage (5)