CROSSWORD

A first prize of 120 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 9 October. Entries to: Crossword 927, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The italic definitions give answers (with lengths in brackets) which must be entered 15D, to form the other unclued lights (themselves words). Ignore an apostrophe in 23A.

Name Address ACROSS

1 They split extra staff (8)

8 Knocks box over (4) 11 Fences needing joint? Function of property manager? (12) 12 Some whiskey in cellar once, for Jock (5)

14 Full page, nearly, reset (7) 16 Gen drug (4)

17 Letter? Yes, written piece (5) 18 Complicated changes on view (6) 22 Timber's weak in warped cab door (8, hyphened) 23 Small amount, maybe crumb, given to Henry (7) 24 Spot, one seen in flickering Venus (6) 25 Discusses free feasts (6) 27 Sedative, see, swallowed by Lily? (7) 29 Hoarding timber used in Scottish pole (8) 33 Keeper (for new gaol, that is) (6) 34 Hard thrash turns into noisy piety (5) 35 Roll with crust left (4) 37 One in no time backed published book (7) 38 Pen, look, pen (5) 39 Tall, chic, is somehow imbued with measure promoting grace and strength (12) 40 New organ? Almost (4) 41 Determined soul reorganising within network (8) DOWN 1 Grim, being old? Turning grey is (6) 2 Rule's said to restrain (4) 3 Dry (3) 4 Open sports item I'd entered (7) 5 Moving again — and making new contacts? (10) 6 Inch (4) 7 Rotate (S) 8 Wash out messy resin (5) 9 Small Turkish coin (4) 10 Fatima's descendant spoke ab- out unknowns (6) 13 Tidings (4) 15 See preamble (11, three words) 19 Farmhouse (6)

20 Girl holds bottle (litre) genially (8)

21 Fraction (4) 26 Cross is up on church, several times larger (7) 28 Crams? Len's gut's upset (7) 29 Reportedly apelike man (6) 30 Vehicle (3) 31 Early bike one ped avoided very quickly (6) 32 Essential oil from a salt, we hear

(5)

36 Be unsteady with fellow drunk (4)