Crossword 567

A prize of ten pounds will he awarded for the first correct solution opened on 9 August. Entries to: Crossword 567, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Each unclued across light has something characteristiat I) in common with an unclued down one. Ignore one hyphen and an accent.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Encourages contestant's retreat in battle (5) II Plants of singularly limited capacity found in a normal drowned valley (6) 12 Being a Jew, is without a letter of credit (7) 14 King in a three-handed card- game's a flier (5) 15 Avenger of insult or injury (5) 16 Ardent lover wanting too much in a report (6) 22 Heraldic description of horseplay a dean of St Paul's once described (8) 23 The interlacing of sodium with phosphorus and sulphur in a milk-strainer (7) 24 Remove many in motion (4) 25 Violins are in need of it in Kansas (4) 29 One maybe isn't a change for Patripassians (8) 34 A boisterous urge in debate (5)

35 Reserve outside-right to delight in (5) 36 Fox Man's crazy about? (7)

37 A fish-headed goddess, imagine! (6) 38 Amazing try-out, two hours before midnight (10) 39 Palamist has chesty disorder (9) 40 Identifies back-ends (5) DOWN 1 Insuring an original reputation that cannot be bettered (10) 3 Golden-crested bird 'whence fruit-trees once flourished' (6) 4 Know one was without so springs into being (7) 5 Willing to participate in South Dakota tea-farm (7) 6 One in unproductive accord (5) 7 Highland interior (9) 8 Diviner weight (4)

10 Romany churchmen's eights (?), 15 Present about midnight in tnIu-

dle of June to disrobe (6) ,

17 Virago is full up to neck? Not half! (9)

18 Imparts quality to Head of State at peak of efficiency (7)

19 Only second class pedants are apiarists (10) 21 Maths man's overtime work (6) 26 Time for rest of Army band-

leaders to flutter in silence (7) 28 Sailor with segment cut off (7) 30 Cash gift (6) 33 Bar-poet's composition (5)

34 Wet-nurse a rising amateur (4)