CROSSWORD 829: Attested by Doc

A first prize of 120 and two further prizes of 110 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 26 October. Entries to: Crossword 829, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (three of two words), individually or when correctly paired, are of a kind. Ignore an apostrophe and (elsewhere) two accents.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 4 Tax-assessor adjusting state- ments before year-end (11) 11 It's explosive including backing- tune about love (9) 12 (D)eceive? (5) 14 Flag from one tower out East (4) 18 One chapter in low language (7) 19 Red, with touch of purple would be shade of blue (7) 22 Madagascan animal usually first seen in pit (6) 23 Dictator's left out dyes (6) 24 Grief expressed for Indian wild dog (5) 27 Cross out one page for wino (5) 29 Holder of monster mortgage?

31 iscover hotel in copse (6)

38 Measure the French middle class (3)

39 Portico or square in honour of Artemis initially (4) 41 See 43 (5) 42 Butter-tree died: note about creepy-crawly (9) 43 Ian (twice 41) has the makings of idleness (11) DOWN 1 Very old MSS: one halts in annoyance on square (11)

2 Ghost of nameless stupefied artist (5)

3 Making snap judgments? (11, three words) 5 Sort of lace-paper? (7) 6 Points out expert rising before this (6) 7 Treats new potatoes (6) 8 Spray making a damaged rose look up (7) 9 Galley-proof cutting (4) 16 Free from acrimony, bed-sit re- mit is altered (11) 17 Posh ban lifted about Lovegate Rd, but not abolished (11) 20 Pasta spread around wood and shrubs (9) 21 and 26 Horsemen's gold coins (6) 25 Noisy fuss upsetting a little house by state hospital (5, hyphened) 28 How poets write the opposite (7) 30 Eastern capital holding heart of prickly Australian plants (7) 32 Hydrocarbon obtained from fen- oil (6) . . . 33 . . . and it could be right for foot-oil (6) 36 Game-bird (5) 37 Ex giant (4)