THE PRIZE CROSSWORD

WIN £1,500

There’s an amazing £1,500 prize for the first correct solution drawn at random in our general knowledge Prize Crossword. Entries must arrive by Friday, September 1 (photocopies not accepted). Today’s solution will appear next week and the winner’s name on Sunday, September 17. SEE BELOW THE GRID for details on how to enter.

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1 City in south central

France on the Vienne

River, known for its porcelain industry (7)

5 Liberal Democrat peer; Transport Minister during the coalition government 2013-15 (5,6)

10 A session of overindulgence, especially in drinking or squandering money (5)

11 and 23 Down The --- --- --- --, 1958 novella by HE Bates, introducing the Larkin family (7,4,2,3)

13 A piece of wood or metal holding the weight of other architectural pieces (5)

14 Rebecca ---, British swimmer who won two gold medals at the

2008 Olympics (9)

15 --- Castle, historic castle near Bonnyrigg, south of Edinburgh (9)

16 Christopher ---, British ice dancer; gold medallist at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill (4)

17 A statement that shows the financial position of a business at a specified date (7,5)

20 A long piece of ribbon or silk worn around the waist like a belt or over one shoulder (4)

21 Ancient amphitheatre in Rome, completed in 80AD (9) 22 A lump in yarn or fabric,

often made intentionally (4) 26 British comedy actress who played Mrs Slocombe in the sitcom Are You Being Served? (6,6)

27 June 6, 1944, the date on which the Allied invasion of Europe began during the Second World War (1-3)

29 Town in New Mexico; site of the facility where the atomic bomb was developed (3,6)

31 1885 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan set in Japan (3,6)

33 Gil Scott- ---, American jazz poet, singer, musician and author (5)

34 Removes with

an eraser (4,3)

35 The religion of Muslims (5) 36 16th-Century French physician and astrologer, author of a famous book of prophecies (11)

37 The ---, the period 1811-20, during which the Prince of Wales ruled the United Kingdom whilst his father was incapacitated (7) Down

1 Joint capital of the

Canary Islands, on

Gran Canaria (3,6)

2 The lesson to be obtained

from a fable or event (5)

3 --- --- Packers, American football team based in Wisconsin (5,3)

4 Habitually calm and

composed in manner (6) 5 To deceive, fool or hoax, especially in order to gain time (6,5)

6 Kept a secret or

furtive watch on (5)

7 A reply or reaction (8)

8 British writer best known for her novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (4,7) 9 A military withdrawal or retirement from action with an enemy (7)

12 Item of sports equipment with a wooden or metal head (4,4)

16 Things that are

made known (11)

18 Acts of voters withholding

their votes (11)

19 Person acquiring goods and services for their own personal needs (8)

23 See 11 Across

24 Plastic bag placed inside a receptacle for collecting rubbish (3,5)

25 Regarding with esteem,

respect or approval (8)

26 Marshall ---, Canadian author of works analysing the mass media (7)

28 Paul ---, German-born telegraphy pioneer who founded a famous news agency in the

19th Century (6)

30 The oily secretion that acts as a lubricant for the hair and skin (5)

32 The ‘Great Lion’ in

C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles Of Narnia (5)