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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 22 January. Entries, to: Crossword 940, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street; London WCIN 2LL.

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The unclued lights all of two words and/or hyphened), individual- ly or joined correct y, form half a group, though 41 should strictly be plural. One of these lights happens to he correctly placed. Elsewhere ignore one apostrophe.

Name Address

ACROSS 10 Recess would be a mistake when Labour leader's there (4) 12 Seek to gain pallets strewn around market (10, hyphened) 14 See 36 (3) 15 Clime relationship between loo and bidet, maybe (8, two words) 17 West European pig-sty (5)

18 Relations taking in state imports (7)

19 Oberon's birds (6) 22 Pressed on: ride out (6) 24 Bracken around one head-dress 26 emove from burial place, hav- ing meal with composer, first to last (9)

27 Visionary revising Lone guide (9)

29 A merry fellow's tailless suit (5) 31 Woolly insect circling market (6) 34 Old cry as Shakespearian char- acter's run out (6) 36 Compiler having note backing 14 heretics (7) 38 Fine hoe destroyed by north wind (5) 40 Some school dinners in plenty 42 32 Sell outstanding fish from Castle Loch (7)

43 Relax and assume swell's enter- ing mid-week (12, three words)

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3 Bending over at peculiar angle. That's about it! (7) .

4 Impressive coin (5) 6 Infra-red edging a certain atomic nucleus (6) 7 Malaysian YIP having meeting cut short with GB and NI (5) K Incipient decay of topped fish 11 Pirate ship burning from side to side (8, hyphened) 13 Ring about a difficulty for con- tractual commitment .(12, two words) 19 Type of swimming race confused Mass (6) 20 Obstructs display tables (6) 23 Family shield showing brick- layer's tool: unusual one (9) 25 Go before pay and give up (8) 28 Decide to complete puzzle again ( 30 Small garment from company in Eastern Spain (6) 32 See 42 (3) 33 It's used by cowboys in 'Gunfire at Albuquerque' (5) 35 Russian city with English tub (5) 37 Out of print American work (4)