CROSSWORD .753: Un22d by Mass

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 28 April. Entries to: Crossword 753, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The puzzle uses 54 words, all found in Chambers forming compounds with the same theme-word. The diagram contains four each at 1A and 43A, three each at ID and 9D, and eight others individually; one is a plural. The other 32 occur as redundant words in each of the otherwise normal clues. Ignore three accents and two hyphens.

Name ACROSS 11 Wool fibre, square inch about

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12 Newspaper introduces Eastern hair fashion (4) 13 Appropriate essential points in a letter (5) 14 I cut one tree nearly bare out- side, with two main stems (7) 15 Handle odd cake slices for bird (10) 17 Note drill turning in wood brands (5) 20 Keen about Luce, grilled fish, as source of energy (8) 21 Snake — whopper — fabulous thing, we hear (6) 23 Girl fired with a power (4) 27 Gauge, measure girl's result (5) 30 Deadly beetle, admitted prince 31rd heeds relations (8) 36 Whale carcass smashed RN keg? Shark (5) 38 Light mass, lacking length (10) 39 Old lace net, fancy bath robe (7) 41 Match one in standard rig (4) DOWN 3 Diatomite from wrecked hulk is green colour almost (10) 4 Dress belt has a square hoop (6) 6 Type of wheeler, one castor in a foreign series (8) 8 Paint tax has a point (5) 10 Crude slates, put up, break (4) 16 Energy to open engine case (5) 18 Sand eels wriggling besides (4) 19 Mark wild spruce, tall flowers (10) 22 Consecrate a male name re- portedly short (5) 25 Box platform in line almost (4) 29 Sheet of frozen water I and girl found in rock spring (7) 32 Rattles stop Scottish artist paint- ing (6) 33 Ethereal bird, a northern god (5) 34 Singe cloth, mark trinket (5) 35 Glacial deposit, mineral, tends to rise (5) 37 Skin head? Denial's heard (4)