CROSSWORD 1094: Under the bed? by Doc

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 15 February, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1094, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued lights (two hyphened) are of a kind, as seen in 6, and are all verifiable in Chambers.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Dirty footballer — outside left

4 Greek character in substitute text? (9) 9 Drink giving football star the bird almost (10, two words) 11 A store wrecked for shellfish (6) 12 . . . Chain-store taking in the Spanish unit (7) 14 Witty manuscript returned with address (5) 15 Some sorrel pacer, on reflection

(5)

16 Pole back: whole back (6) 22 Type of harmony heard at the front (8) 23 Type cross on internal bud (7) 24 Weight of settler losing heart (4) 25 Flock of mallard not wholly muted (4) 27 Japanese litter without edge, it seems (7) 29 Write off in a recess (8) 32 Interest in Shakespeare can change in resort, once (6) 34 Reprimand Dark Blue (5) 35 Uplift from bra is exciting (5) 38 Irrational and perplexed senora lower in estimation (10) 39 Teaseling out lead sulphate (9) 40 Sportsman's high hit (5) DOWN

1 Boarding out in Bulgaria or gigantic land, erroneously (10)

2 It catches a horse or donkey. Look out! (5) 5 See 19 (7) 6 Theme on a new fieldwork (5) 8 In Scotland those hate changing

10 Iron brought in in equal quanti- ties during finest jollification (9, hyphened) 15 Encourages child to adapt 24 (6) 19 Boring mollusc putting one tentacle's extremity in one of 5 (10, hyphened) 21 Old constant lover appearing on floor or screen (6) 26 Introduce irrelevant matter upsetting US soldier in formal clothing (7) 28 Little work arranging close-up

(7)

31 Nerve or staying-power (5) 33 Greek island hide-away not the Home Counties) (5) 34 Point to one portico (4)

Solution to 1091: Hey ho!

The unclued lights are Snow-White (at 11D) and seven dwarfs — not Walt Disney's, but seven of those listed in Brewer.

First prize: Jennifer Madge, Duf- field, Derbyshire; Runners-up: Wil- frid Miron, Halam, Notts; I. Davis, Crawley, W. Sussex.

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