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, August 3 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, August 19. You must complete the iSpy box to enter. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter – and good luck!
Across
1 A light with a transparent protective case (7) 5 Objects connected with famous people or events (11) 10 American fashion and lifestyle magazine founded as a weekly publication in 1892 (5) 11 A body of people elected to govern a local area (7) 13 A type of bathroom fixture (5) 14 A facing of stones or sandbags to protect a wall, embankment or earthworks (9) 15 The condition of having bad breath (9) 16 In Norse mythology, the god who rode across the battlefield on Sleipnir, an eight-legged horse (4) 17 La –––, the national anthem of France (12) 20 Major city of central Poland, a centre of the textile industry (4) 21 A silvery-white, ductile, metallic element that tarnishes rapidly when exposed to air (9) 22 Highly impatient, eager or curious (4) 26 British playwright whose works included The Birthday Party (6,6) 27 A travelling entertainment with sideshows and rides (4) 29 Shops that sell souvenirs and small items suitable to be given as presents (4,5) 31 An international artificial language invented in 1887 (9) 33 The humorous or mildly sarcastic use of words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean (5) 34 A mountainous principality in South West Europe, between France and Spain (7) 35 Republic occupying the west part of Hispaniola in the Caribbean (5) 36 US film director whose movies included 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon (6,5) 37 Showing mercy or tolerance (7)
Down
1 Merseyside city, home to Anfield Stadium and John Lennon Airport (9) 2 The Southern part of Israel, on the Gulf of Aqaba, a triangular-shaped semidesert region (5) 3 ––– eel, a South American freshwater fish capable of generating powerful shocks (8) 4 A silvery-white, metallic element, mined in more than 23 countries, that is strong and corrosion-resistant (6) 5 Surname adopted by Prince Philip in 1947 (11) 6 In the Old Testament, a Hebrew prophet of the late 8th Century BC (5) 7 Language used by infants when they are just learning to speak (4,4) 8 Another name for bhindi, the okra used in Indian cooking (5,6) 9 A professional entertainer, such as a singer or dancer (7) 12 Fictional island in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (8) 16 Football stadium in Greater Manchester, home of Manchester United (3,8) 18 An item of classified information according to the government (5,6) 19 City in North Spain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for its annual bull runs (8) 23 Scientist who studies the origin, history, structure and composition of the earth (9) 24 The former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendar (3,5) 25 Another name for the weka, a flightless New Zealand bird (5,3) 26 Alex –––, Northern Irish snooker player who was World Champion in 1972 and 1982 (7) 28 Urban area formed by the expansion of a town or city into surrounding countryside (6) 30 Rock plant with thick, fleshy leaves and clusters of flowers, known as stonecrop (5) 32 A sound, especially a loud or disturbing one (5)