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 (please, no photocopies) opened on 15 June. Entries to: Crossword 1061, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.
Light 10 (three words), as appearing in Brewer, is associated with light 40 (also three words), whose components can suggest three pairs, including one hyphened word. Ignore an apostrophe.
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ACROSS 1 Bottle in bar with a drop of rum in it (6) 5 E.g. a star's developed one simple life form? (8) 11 Ring back with word of disdain 13 antastic tricks against clubs and spades (6) 16 Heraldic stripe with touch of red? More grey (5) 19 Part of radio device – press one at sea, right (9) 20 Goes past quickly and streaks away (7 two words) 23 Ballet dancer in USA needs to rock-'n'-roll (8) 25 Buries headless beavers (5) 27 Stood up to applaud in plant (8, hyphened) 30 Bit of knitting held by needle- workers with pins (7) 35 Commander with silver one (3) 37 Bit of gristle in refuse, it's re- ported (5) 38 Twigs brought back, carried by grandchild, for basketwork (6) 41 Eastern client confused by counsel, initially, over cross- examination (8) 42 Mean con at beginning of year (6) DOWN 2 Magic words, from seaman, worthless next to a bard's poss- ibly (12) 3 Echo about to go to and fro (5) 4 Wades across (carrying Jack) bays (6) 5 Antelopes, note, followed by North American (4) 6 The practice of disciplining one- self when king receives letter about one (7) 7 Aqueous extract of bark show- ing brown on river, we hear (7, hyphened) 8 Surrounded by a thin fog around break of day? (6) 9 Stupid bird nested in old one (8) 14 Temper shown by old hooligan in urban community (8, two words) 15 Good character – sailor's assess- ment of worth (12, two words) 18 Number study church leaning (8) 21 Relaxing period for some in house when marijuana's about
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22 ery very old charity's desire of happiness (8, hyphened) 26 Abusive and racist I fancy (7) 28 Art form in exotic Rio, mostly sexual (7)
29 Stu) pid leader of bunch of sheep (6
31 Join up a variety of tinsel (6)
32 S(plash of soda's useful in drink 34 Po6)
t lining (5) 36 Handle beer with care at first (4)
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