CROSSWORD

1373: White House by Dumpynose

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 17 August, with two runners- up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1373, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

ommemmommammm milmaggsmummam ammommamammum mummmalimilmmgm

v imommumammild

5112:11111:8

mammmamammilm

1131101:11111

UUUdUIUIIIUIII

IMMAIIMMEMMEMME

On 1 August 1798 '1A (three words) 14 (three words) 8'. The 8 was on 22 (ignore an apostrophe) in a 40 near 19. 22 ultimately 25 (two words). 34 was responsible.

Name Address ACROSS 7 Crusader's grave (3) 11 Run away from mousetrap (6) 13 Gong added to noble organ part

(7)

15 Anxieties about section of glacier (5) 16 Lecturer points at red giant (5) 17 Watch us young dogs (6) 18 Bishop's into rare apple drink

(5)

20 Essayist grips quiet prophet (6) 21 Horse irritated by learner (5) 27 Bee worn out with sound of cocks (7) 29 Dozens wasting time with naughty sprogs (5) 30 A cluer playing rough (6) 32 Growing out of evening clothing about onset of thirties (5) 36 Indian lute Virginia keeps flat

(5)

37 Long rope as piece of fencing

(5)

38 Number of sheep very shorn (7) 39 Getting on a gelding, lord flees (6) 41 Larger upas one poisonously plants (11) DOWN

1 Pupils of autodidacts in charge of their faculties (10) 2 Queen managed to tax knight's undertaking (8)

3 Without perfume, love's grim and inferior (9) 4 Almost pure prelates reformed criminal (12, hyphened) 5 Dad stops naughty oldie hankering after Mum (7) 6 Very profound poems Ted composed (8) 7 Abandon mongrel runt (5) 9 Improvise or compose the same thing (6, two words) 10 Stop man impersonating Thisbe? (5) 12 Who worries about English race? (6) 21 Gulfweed otary penetrated by slow movements (9, two words) 23 Abstraction shows seaweed choking fishes (8, two words) 24 Augur from Germany oppressed by sign (8) 26 Unattached drone is present (7) 28 British princess moeing when ruffled (6) 31 Record Liberal plugging Steel

(5) 33 Spoon from hotel in Big Apple (5)

35 Hog wolfs last of blissful duck (4)