Crossword 714
A first prize of 120 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 15 July. Entries to: Crossword 714, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.
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The unclued ights (one of two words) and those clued otherwise than by definition are of a kind. Ignore an apostrophe. Collins Dictionary confirms 10 Across.
Name Address ACROSS
8 See 9 (7)
10 He prides himself before timeless record (7) 11 Develop mould (5) 13 Even out double with one chemical substance (6) 15 It's a sin: I left harbour boat backing out (5) 16 Instrument having nothing in order (4) 19 Beat up animal doctor about care of birdhouse (7) 20 Estates having the same underground services (7) 22 Throw out and s-strike (7)
23 I had returned, passionate, in loin-cloth (5) 24 Mac's cage for rodent's sound (5)
26 Letter and record about lions (7) 30 Bond follows case Liberal left ) 34 Uniform incongruity. Not half! (4) 35 Harpy from back-meadow. Behold! (5) 36 Name found in the next gent's loo . . . (6) 37 . . . see above (5) 38 Yearned, cnaybe, for January 1st in Inverness (7) 39 County doctor (7)
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1 Pompous move (5) 2 Rinse out sap (5)
3 Muse about sailor in old game (5)
4 Ancient city is almost perfect (6) 5 Released out East and exper- ienced everything again (7) 6 Crane lifted over top of hedge to graft (6) 7 First male in torment where work is a grind (9, hyphened) 9 Abnormally nervous people attacked 8 P.O.'s (10) 10 East European took in make-up 12
epor? (7) 21 Holiday excursionist who stumbles (7) 25 Mid-week pub game up in platform (7)
27 There's no running water up in outskirts of Paisley for this flower (6) 28 Faith's counterfeit farthing (6) 31 D.J.'s skirts (5)
32 God in Bengal, Lahore and elsewhere (5)
33 Theatrical enclosure by the Queen (5) The solution to Crossword 711 is on page 38. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.
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