CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of either Chambers Dictionary or Chambers Crossword Manual — ring your choice) for the first three correct solutions opened on 15 August. Entries to: Crossword 869, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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The unclued lights, when correctly paired, are of a kind.

Name Address ACROSS 4 Pour a possibly soft drink out for former herbivores (9) 9 Writer not so wild about Giam- battista Basile's work (10) 11 Letters' intent? (6)

12 Treasury's a kilo half-concealed for ex-member of secret police (7)

14 Mint ID piece (5) 15 Place of beauty and endless tran- quillity (5) 16 Dances about in 24, perhaps (6) 23 Mute noise in grief (7) 24 See 16 (4) 25 Long-winded tale about Turkish bigwigs (4) 27 See 38 (7) 32 Constraint universal in one sort of gear (6) 34 Former estate everyone once put back (5) 35 Out of shape measures (5) 36 Uhlan at mess? Such language!

37 (7) A little tiny bit of ingenuity needed here to free from guilt 6 38 (15)'s rate for one who's 27? Nev- er! (10)

39 Sex-hormone inset or somehow otherwise gone without (9) 40 See 19 (5) DOWN 1 Ardent mass intent not all sup- port (10) 2 Use once, to cheat rust (5) 3 Leave to die (6) 4 Reinstates leg (or head) wear

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5 He backs out and tries again?

ame sort of duck (5) Offend in Hell, if you'd be so good! (9) An instrument it's time to change round (9) Do away with passion — and rape! (7) They try random rioters out East (6) Saint's coarse garb (9) Led many reduced to confusion out (7)

(Arson possibly in 40's objective? Rou)

tine tree-chopper (9) Is without one in bed, so is prejudiced (6) Piece of music about right in a contest (7)

Arab plot that's a success (7) Scruple in fear of the past (5) Investment, say, in an interna- tional type of unit trust? No way! (5)

6 7 10 13 15 17 18 19 20 21 26 28 31 33 The solution to Crossword 866 is on page 37. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.