CROSSWORD 992: Noteworthy, too by Jac

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 4 February. Entries to: Crossword 992, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Sixteen lights are of a kind and are clued w*thout overall definition. Ignore one or two accents.

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ACROSS

1 Patient's sick-note (8)

5 Begin to work after disease (6) 9 Are about softly to urge one on (10) 14 Expression of surprise in Johore

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16 Spoil a man of figures (6) 17 A pilgrim once bore one about 1st January (5) 18 Loathes coming round before time? He ultimately does! (8) 20 Particular doctrine a male is initially mad on (7) 22 A spinner's muscle (7) 24 Tribe settled round a river abroad (7) 25 Downright deviate (5) 26 Ordinary soldiers poetically did (5) 28 A vessel in favour (7) 31 Archangel's talk about Lear (7) 33 A child's first title (7) 37 Impressive sort of coin (5) 38 Irish master-page, all-in on re- tirement (5) 39 Top wrestlers' size — O.K. for wrestling! (6) 40 Mid-August in Japan (3) 41 Outline out-house title (10) 42 Nursery children at first cheer about it (6) 43 Bird's former delay back East the Scots jest about (8) DOWN

I Harshly criticise damage to fi- gure (13)

2 Animal force a primate conceals 3 Meredith's redith's character, for inst- ance, is to be seen in holy works (6) 4 Coin a word for a jerk — one that's long, in short! (5) 6 Pastures a pig in pastures (7) 7 Sad at heart to see Ingrid pre- gnant (6) 8 Every one of those Achates be- friended (4) 10 Book wherein one volume's undercut heartlessly in its middle (6) 11 Constant odd choice of three different characters (9) 12 Severely criticise the French way of life in the outskirts of Kidder- minster (13) 13 A sailor's round, out and at home (8) 15 He was bereaved before being out (7) 19 Welsh water-dog (9) 21 Caught in season, a strike- breaker's a villain (8) 23 Having a handle to one's name — fully satisfied? (7) 27 Like a blue tit — or some other seclusive bird? (7) 29 A check at a Health Centre (6) 30 Scot's appearance in an old suit (6) 32 B— bad egg, in a manner of speaking (6) 34 A star's beginning (5) 35 Just half of 5, note (5) 36 Despot's Z-car runabout (4) The solution to the Christmas Jumbo is on page 43.