20 JANUARY 1990, Page 45

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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 5 February, Entries to: Crossword 942, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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Name Address ACROSS 11 One creature one's about to , identify (6) , East (5) ; Championship designate (5) 17 Take back in a way soldiers are , being rude (7) 'S Run off with a foreigner, back , unable to (6)

13 It's about able, perhaps, without • remembrance? (5) session rule, perhaps (7) 41, Cutivation of a tenth (5)

fish? (7) 1D (3) 29 A foreign soldier's turn initially 32 t's material, appearing only ab- 34 A current master-builder (6) 36 Covered in fiSh (5) 37 Verse of a song giving a good to charge with a public burden out midday (5) man a greeting 5)

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out! (6) / Tackle for raising or catching 40 Formerly a monk giving a lead to Dictionary prizes are sent out by the `Past-a-Book' service. 41 Alice Meynell's character was DOWN 2 River-fish in thousands provide 3 Sort of organ a cattle impounder 4 It describes sort of pal girls hope 5 Concealed fish in secret up 6 Statement in English and Latin 7 Difficulty about worship (5) 8 Was willingly beloved (4) 1 Are endlessly cruel but could be not, however, that of Bo-Peep (11) diseased (10) such glands (8) put out (9) for, this (12) North (7) that's about an allowance (8) 21 Sort of valve that's right for a 24 Produce info on time, note (8) 25 Dwarf in name a 6 (6) 26 Mammal that gives a chap some- 28 Jolly Siamese leading musical 31 Take pains about making such 10 Biblical sailor's singular oils (5) 12 Old battle-axe appearing in si- 33 Long time born (5) 35 Experienced Scottish-American 9 Grecian township — one lower in status! (6) lent role (6) thug (9) thing to aim at (7) string, says Sandy (6) articles of yore (5) chap (4)