THE PRIZE CROSSWORD
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, July 7 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, July 23. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
1 A ruined city on Crete; centre of the Minoan civilization for 2,000 years (7) 5 State in the New England region of the United States (11) 10 A process of printing fabric in which parts not to be dyed are covered by wax (5) 11 Sets of clothes worn together, especially for a particular occasion or purpose (7) 13 and 35 American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (5,5) 14 A portable, box-shaped instrument with folding bellows (9) 15 Peter ---, eight-time Champion Jockey who rode 1,678 winners in his career (9) 16 A deep-sea member of the cod family, known in France as ‘saumon blanc’ (4) 17 A creamy pink pâté, made from the roe of grey mullet or smoked cod (12) 20 The back of the neck (4) 21 The highest academic degree awarded by a university (9) 22 Barry, Robin and Maurice --pop music trio (4) 26 Ralph --- ---, American poet, essayist and transcendentalist (5,7) 27 Frans ---, Dutch portraitist whose works included The Laughing Cavalier (4) 29 The most Easterly town in Britain, birthplace of Benjamin Britten (9) 31 --- Blanc, a white grape grown in the Bordeaux and Loire regions of France, New Zealand, and elsewhere (9) 33 Robert ---, Commanderin-Chief of British India in the 18th Century (5) 34 --- Grieve, Conservative politician who was Attorney General 2010-2014 (7) 35 See 13 36 1953 film set during World War II, based on a bestseller by Nicholas Monsarrat (3,5,3) 37 Small holes for laces or cords to be passed through (7)
Down
1 Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge subtitled A Vision In A Dream, first published in 1816 (5,4) 2 Of or relating to the eye or vision (5) 3 Igor ---, Russian-American engineer who designed the first successful helicopter (8) 4 Nova ---, province of Eastern Canada, the capital of which is Halifax (6) 5 Dense shrub with prolific flowers and berries (11) 6 The horny plates covering part of the surface of the fingers or toes (5) 7 A white marble mausoleum in Agra, central India, commissioned by emperor Shah Jahan (3,5) 8 Large, flightless birds with bony head crests who use their feet as weapons (11) 9 --- May, Conservative politician who became Prime Minister in July 2016 (7) 12 An Italian sparkling white wine (8) 16 George ---, 18th Century cabinet and chair maker (11) 18 Brazilian racing driver; a three-time Formula One world champion (6,5) 19 Plant yielding a bitter extract used in making absinthe (8) 23 People who study the classification, structure, physiology, ecology and economic importance of plants (9) 24 French title of address equivalent to ‘sir’ or ‘Mr’ (8) 25 A woman’s undergarment with shoulder straps (8) 26 A feral feline that resembles the domestic tabby (7) 28 Robert ---, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991 (6) 30 --- Square, the centre of New York City’s New Year celebrations (5) 32 Daughter of one’s sister or brother (5)