Herald

[dave1948]

Last 3

1d Us bag the prize money (5)
P???E

2d Representation to a Liberal politician over river's boundary (7)
E???P?E Example ?

7a Dr King tripped over a piece of wood just like human beings (7)
M?????S Mortals ?

[cupid04]

purse

[Sam1960]

purse ?

[dave1948]

1d Purse ?

[TheWinner]

1d. Purse ??

[vakayu]

2d eclipse

[frugalfred]

7a mortals - doctor = Medical Officer; king = R; piece of wood = "slat" revcersed, TALS

[dave1948]

7a is now M?R?L?S

[dave1948]

2d cannot be eclipse if mortals is right Letters are now

E?A?P?E

[pixie373]

I think example might be right for 2.

[Sam1960]

example

[pixie373]

River - Exe
a lmp- a liberal politician

[bibblebub]

it is EXAMPLE

a = A
liberal = L, politician over = put MP first = MP L
river's boundary = put EXE outside

EX a mp l E

[frugalfred]

2d example; River Exe; a politician = A MP; Liberal = L

[vakayu]

sorry dave1948 ignore eclipse example looks correct,momentary lapse apologies.

[dave1948]

My goodness an influx of Answerbank's big guns are Example has won the day

Thank you all