CROSSWORD
A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 16 July. Entries to: Crossword 965, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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The other unclued lights form a triad and a quartet suggested by 18D. Ignore three hyphens and three accents. All lights, save a place name, are in Chambers.
Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Take in don (6) 5 Bird's gentle, fluttering round about (8) 11 Red, two-thirds of apple? (4) 16 A fellow, former bank manager
(5)
19 Dancer from Ireland breaking into short song (9) 23 Like a scab, local one infiltrating Northern plant (8) 24 Boredom makes some children nuisances (5) 25 Skunks, one repelling Glaswe- gian (5) 27 Old jolly crony's in shape, maybe, after last of wine (8) 33 Name, we hear, of an element
(9)
37 Take to old-style marriage — in short, harmonise (5) 38 Water carrier, one following au- dible animal (6) 40 Liar enters into crooked mutual dealings (14) 41 Worries about bent Rad fore- men (8) 42 Unusual tree, note, smooth and cylindrical (6) DOWN 1 A S. European rising dismays (6) .g 2 E. 'fresh' isn't used anyhow about a sea-creature (12) 3 Spread? Casserole's about right (5) 4 Veil, HM's outdated kind (6) 5 Clog one's understanding (4) 6 Strike over reduced deal here in Italy (7) 7 Wooden frame put up before becoming stand of shelves (7) 8 Lean, large extract of beef (6) 9 Huge waves stun panicking fore- ign friends (8) 12 Ancient Italians made basins, about first in Etruria (7) 14 Exalting one name among many (8) 15 Statement about snaring cat in New Mexico (12) 18 See preamble (8) 21 Unionist, when in need, agitated
(7)
22 Drug, grass for Jock, twice (8) 26 Carpets woven in more than one range of colours (7) 28 The French, outwardly arrogant, roved for plunder once (7) 29 Call expert townee in (6) 31 Gabbro mistaken for tin-ore (6) 32 Dagger mark in trouser-leg, reportedly (6) 34 Hebridean cow, look, in sunless isle (5) 36 Starts to work in Peking else- where (4)
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