CROSSWORD
A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1989 Port for the first correct solution opened on 16 September, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1276, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
If you are 23 (at the 10 , you may face the other unclued ights. Four lights are of two words; two are hyphened. Ignore an apos- trophe.
Name Address
(5)
16 Councillor's full of hollow anger (6) 21 Old copper, furious one, suppressing party (8) 24 I'm covered by carapace, my shell (4) 25 Cold, fresh crop (4) 27 I see bird over lettuce (7) 28 Wolf's semi-grin misled (8) 34 Active bishop indeed gives order (5) 35 Knotted not at all? Then tie the knoti (5) 37 Leader of eager crew is versed in communicating with hands
(7)
38 Cubs' leader, losing head, entertains with jazzy music (5) 39 Cashed returned item, receiving pound (10) 40 Cat, among nests, attacks (9)
41 Net experience includes batting (5)
DOWN 1 Enzyme is in cell in pea, possibly (13) 2 Land on fire (6) 4 Not entirely wild about party hat (6) 5 Drive, swell shot of side's opener (4) 6 Free time of old mead user, woozy (7)
7 Fibre lies tangled round goat's tail (5)
8 Mendicant cases supported by usurer? (8) ACROSS 1 Priest is not to tipple (5) 17 Brat spread damage (6) extremely prim (10) The tops (6) round (5) and ask no more (7) 14 Eccentric loses deposit (5) hospital (6) carnivores (6) 30 Wader out on east bank (6) 31 US songwriter's vehicle (closed) (6)
32 No aid required to reel in fish (5)
Solution to 1273: Send in ...
The other unclued lights — inc uding Auousr (31) — were cows (3).
First prize: Thomas F. Graham, Southampton. Runners-up: Ann Reekie, Sevenoalcs, Kent; E. Looby, Longbridge, Birmingham.
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