CROSSWORD
A first prize of 120 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 18 July. Entries to: Crossword 865, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Twenty radial lights run from rim to centre, and 20 vice versa, and they include 20 theme-words (10 pairs) clued without definitions. The clockwise circuit next to the outer one contains six more thematic items, involving two initials. Some well-known proper nouns, as well as 21, are not in Chambers.
Name Address RADIALS (6) 1 Relative change grips Uncle Sam 2 Reckon it's the Fourth of July 3 Cattle State gets East's money 4 Dismay — boost no Unionist 5 Catch buggy after short stop 6 GI's associate full of active ener- gy 7 Loose stones to cleave: gang- ster's punishment 8 Capital start for Harvard 9 The Italian's entered roused by jazz 10 Woodman cut 'er?
11 Tressy vamps, old-time treacher- ous things 12 Stagecoach gang, slewed, brawls up North 13 Frank Sinatra's first unusual sounds 14 A State one's quit 15 Lad's back in N. America 16 Displace gold vein? Califor- nian's ultimate bliss 17 Close to 'Lone Star' as before 18 Steep? Yep, and print again (hyphened) 19 Hang around Ohio 20 Animal circling northern part of Vermont 21 Agents, about 50, such as apply 'New Deal'?
22 Runyon's girl has cunning no end 23 Half accord with a Kennedy?
24 Badly scathed, South's seceded — separate 25 Success in West Point? Right, comparatively bright 26 It's excessive, 121/2 cents rather than 5, by the way 27 A bit thrown in for each 28 Mostly rusted, maybe edge of axe is blunt at the tip 29 Indian caught by C.vil War pro- tagonists?
30 That is an old ox, a dwarfish thing from McKinley 31 Ex-President reduced seconds in menus 32 Settle with last of pioneers 33 One angling for hired gun? 34 Screwball in brown 35 One of a later generation, ornery sort in time 36 Fare in Reno varied 37 Wall Street in favour 38 Cat's head in trash, first of esca- pades for Jerry 39 Product of timber-lines 40 Steals old bits without a murmur of hesitation
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