CROSSWORD 1044: Gender-bender by Doc

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 (please, no photocopies) opened on 17 February. Entries to: Crossword 1044, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights can be linked together in diagramatically opposite pairs: eg. 4A and 40A. One of each pair is of a kind, and could be the other. Two other similar pairs are part-clues, lacking overall definition. Brewer confirms 34.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Out of sorts tennis favourite at start of year (5) 9 Standard article about Caine's 'Wings' (10) 11 Suit for people in fashion in Mid-West (5) 12 Depression gripped aquatic plant (7) 15 Hard to please after round get- ting postponed (5, two words) 21 The German Society coming in soon for shelter (8) 22 Parking away from tortoise- ground (7) 24 Nitro-glycerine that will do in court (4 25 See 39 4) 27 Here's confused friar entering to take a drink (7) 28 Delicate structure of silver in relief, maybe (8) 34 Nuthatch genus sent back for youth beloved by Agdistis (5) 37 New youth leader's laugh about antelope (7) 38 Record itself appearing in En- glish, three times (5) 39 He will point out 25's plants (10) 41 Censors set I'd sorted (5) DOWN 1 Carriage for French workman showing dexterity (13, two hyphens) 4 Sort of sacred cells (6) 5 'Thessalonian peak bones (4) 6 Semi-nude siren turning into sea-nymphs (7) 7 Heads of light industry generat- ing navel enterprises (5) 8 Candle-fishes originating in US loch (8) 10 Back-seat drivers on boats? (13, hyphened) 13 Pnvate study cubicle for author, it's said (7) 15 It's unique; artificial language seen in old folios (6, hyphened) 17 Heron, for example, around noon (6) . . .

18 . . . a leading naturalist sketched (6) 19 Presage change for sprinkler (7) 20 Goblin having no time for light- ers (6) 23 Architrave from the East having constant form (8) 26 Situations that are testing gold transactions (7) 29 A follower embracing cross female soldier (6)

32 Military force coming up losing nothing (5)

36 Hunchback without black lens- protector (4)