Crossword 649
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Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. Name ....... Address ..... ACROSS I Senile City Agent in the words of a song (8)
10 Anthony's family box of toys (10) 13 Group indeed almost deprived of 16 Have a go at composing a letter, social standing (8) for example (5)
17 Anthony is a hop-head inclined
18 Ttohweayrdgs nan ettoisgmeth(er) for endless riches, in a way (7) 20 Influenced a biblical king in aid of the blind (8)
25 Plaintive-sounding female (3)
26 No longer strife's meagre profit (7)
28 Gray did say one in eight — (7)
29 — use it to pen in certain kinds of beasts (3) 31 Brave and fair, maybe, but in- itially an upstart (8) 34 Buzz bomb upset 37's travellers (7)
36 Religious, brother, church music (7) 39 Teucrian backing for trouble in Ulster (5) 40 In logic, possibly a goldfish could be Irish (8) 41 In goal, perhaps, the centre-back from County Down (6) 42 Without a sign of hesitation, every dog somehow is too glut- tonous (10) 43 Obscure mental disorder (6)
44 Fur-coated foreign aunt that can be fully satisfied (8)
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2 Boisterous foreign king's ring (8)
3 Like Shakespeare's claim overbearing? (6) 4 Jerk describing a male non- alcoholic drunkard (5)
6 A week in Scotland about middle of July, right? (4) 8 See 28 (4) 9 Agonise about a fruit-basket's broken legs (8)
11 Biblical king taken in? Shut up, it's rude! (7) 14 See, a record obstruction! (4)
15 Erstwhile Cattle State (4) 21 Require raising a row for Spenser ) 22 A tribesman brought up in an- cient witchcraft (4) 23 In London, a walkabout bet- weentimes, say (8) 25 As a Queen, was idle? (4)
27 Watch out, one's active in Town! (8)
30 Branch boss (4) 31 River-god with superior upbring- ing (4)
32 Part of leg the old dip out on - top of thigh-bone? (6) 35 Straps up river-eels (5)
38 Spenser's cover a goddess of the dead? In the end! (4)