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, May 11 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sund

Across 1 --- Engineering, motorcycle manufacturing company founded in 1885 (7) 5 --- mark, a symbol placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value or is stressed (11) 10 The first letter in the Hebrew alphabet (5) 11 In Greek myths, the lover of Hero, who drowned whilst trying to swim across the Hellespont (7) 13 A city in North France, on the River Seine, the scene of the burning of Joan of Arc in 1431 (5) 14 An instrument also known as a lie detector (9) 15 In Canadian folklore, a hairy beast or manlike monster said to leave huge footprints (9) 16 See 4 Down 17 A market town in Cheshire, a former centre of the silk industry (12) 20 Waves breaking on the shore or on a reef (4) 21 Strong and sturdy people; robust supporters (9) 22 The residual piece or section of a ticket or cheque (4) 26 The first of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, published in 1953 (6,6) 27 Billy ---, 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse, later adapted for a 1963 film (4) 29 The Christian sacrament in which Christ’s Last Supper is commemorated (9) 31 American author who created Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer (4,5) 33 A person who posts deliberately inflammatory messages online (5) 34 Persistent feelings of resentment, especially due to insult or injury (7) 35 A sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf (5) 36 Earth’s liquid and frozen surface waters, groundwater and atmospheric water vapour (11) 37 To see, perceive or notice (7) Down 1 Members of a branch of the Cistercian order of Christian monks noted for their rule of silence (9) 2 An --- Husband, 1895 play by Oscar Wilde (5) 3 Any of various tropical American trees valued for their hard, reddish-brown wood (8) 4 and 16 Across William --- ---, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (6,4) 5 A dry, hot desert basin in Eastern California and Western Nevada (5,6) 6 Major mountain system extending along the entire Western edge of South America (5) 7 Famous comedy by Molière, first performed in 1664 (8) 8 A professional clown employed by a king or nobleman, especially during the Middle Ages (5,6) 9 Ate a meal during the middle of the day (7) 12 Christina ---, 19th Century British poet who wrote Goblin Market (8) 16 A triangular-shaped stringed keyboard instrument (11) 18 King of the Franks 768-814 and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor 800-814 (11) 19 A city in Central Scotland on the River Forth, location of a famous castle (8) 23 A rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs and seasoning (9) 24 An engraving or incised figure in stone or other hard material (8) 25 Stretches of turbulent water in the sea (8) 26 Large cat of Africa and South West Asia, with a black-spotted light brown coat (7) 28 In music, to be played very fast (6) 30 A brownish-grey colour (5) 32 A yellow or yellowish-brown hard, translucent, fossil resin, often containing trapped insects (5)