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953: Tongue-tied by Mass

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 23 April. Entries to: Crossword 953, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights — not themse yes words — each consist of one thematic word enclosed in another (with their respective lengths shown in brackets). Their barred letters form the anagram: HE TRICKS US WITH FEW SPOKEN LANGUAGES.

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ACROSS 1 See preamble (9 in 5) 11 Mountain nymph? More a dryad, in part (5) 12 Man reported for post (4) 13 Star shows vitality in everything

Pl14 atomite in N. African city (7) 15 See preamble (4 in 6)

17 Pen old-fashioned English tale (Spenserian) (5) 20 Cerebral lobe, note, cut off (8) 21 Kath is changing female princi- ple (6) 23 Peach from store (4) 26 Bird circling one peasant(5) 27 Letter from isle to China (5) 28 Spike with metal point (4) 30 Red dye 22 applied to foreign article? (6) 31 Wild hasty ire in fit of emotion

36 teak clutching river fish (5)

38 See preamble (4 in 6) 39 Fulcrum for paddle formed arc, look (7) 40 Dog's audible, looks sickly (5) 41 Contend with Welsh opinion (4) 42 Old blackbird left drowned in lake (5) 43 See preamble (8 in 6) DOWN

1 See preamble (9 in 5)

2 Mixed singers entrance (7) 3 See preamble (5 in 5) 4 Queen's name lord dropped (6) 5 Bradman's worn-out with hostil- ity on the side (5) 6 Small horse is in barracks (8)

7 One thousand carp in compound (5)

8 Nothing in tangled bine for daughter of Tantalus (5) 9 See preamble (9 in 5) 10 Risky for sportsman (4) 16 Measure lens (5) 18 Forage-cap — head, we hear needs one (4) 19 See preamble (4 in 6) 22 Leading, with runs in hand (5) 24 Callus he treated in more than one big toe (8) 25 German stuck in foothold (4) 29 Ship — also, freebooter (7)

32 Odd rose in cloth of gold (6)

33 Iris in silver lace (5) 34 Lodge? Northern Scot's left stealthily (5) 35 Watch Monsieur in row (5) 37 Water colour? (4)