CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on Ill November. Entries to: Crossword 781, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The title defines the otherwise unclued lights. Ignore one hyphen and a cedilla.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Rook' service. ACROSS

4 Left more rum out for a thug (9)

11 One number featuring one . American writer (6)

12 is„ in a ram, sort of irony (7)

14 Hardware without 2 in New Zea- land (5) 15 Gases one in ten back in Town

(5)

16 Monsters' farewell HM received

21 Principal form of rent in one of the USA (7) 24 Also a measure of sex appeal? (4) 27 Wind a bog-plant round a chap?

32 Tendency once to graft a bit (6) 34 Winter goes quickly in Malta (5) 35 In pot-plant infix, say (5) 36 This sort of swell points to one being in drink (7) 37 One to eat of a range (6) 38 Confirm girl's returned about noon again (10) 39 Fairy-ring fruit-salt (9) DOWN 1 Some account is in a way Com- munist (10)

2 Midlothian river-pub (5)

3 Siberian or East German ox (6) 4 Pity Henry's one from Sri Lanka (7) 5 Without, say, palm or arm (7) 6 Chief right in a hole ,(5) 7 Bewitch an ogre Ellen's upset about (9) 10 Fishing or messing about, gets run in (9) 13 Present source of bombast when in drink (7) 15 Landlord at the 'Spanish Inn'? (6)

17 Frolic in Granada? Heather's being evasive! (9) 18 Capital trick (one that's bent) (7) 19 Like an O'Hara minor's first

cause (10) 20 This setter's one named Fish (9) 21 Support for women's RN craft- composer (6) 26 Father's confused and soporific

(7)

28 Goddess bad gin originally des- troyed long ago (7) 30 Frying-pan rest (6)

31 This music-maker's a dull one (5)

33 Borders two letters (5)