CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the

ords 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 23 March. Entries to: Crossword 798, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights have something in common.

Name

Address ACROSS 1 A grammarian in Taiwan is with- out one, like Liberace was (11) 7 Bring back some grass (3) 11 One Ben's architect (6) 15 A bit backward backing with-it start to pop music (5) 16 Stick to point, there is impure desire! (5) 17 One attitudinising around the Kentish area was spread out (6) 18 Not a Sandhurst rule! (5) 20 A jest to get away with? (6) 21 A body's enheartened thus. (5) 22 Carrying can with grit could be 27 F

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ancy an ideal constituent com-

29 fpound (7) nternational writer's release (5) 30 Clever Dick's sweetie? (6)

32 The morbid sort of passion that

upset an exiled Duke's niece? 34 a)vi soldiers doubled in it (6)

36 Lass in 33's silk (5)

37 Hudibrastic wind for Pistol's straws? (5) 38 The Government of Sark a Left one? (7) 39 One substance in some respects the same as another is, to a Cockney? Cor! (6)

40 Former top tit (3) 41 Bat first and second, note, get- ting two half-centuries to whistle about (11) DOWN 1 View supported by America in outline (10) 2 River Test's systemic economic activity (8) 4 A non-motile unit-mass of living matter in a mould — no fun in that! (12) 5 Give birth to a princess (7) 6 Reedy sort of singer with no- thing on (8) 7 A US bear's many a tribal sym- bol (5) 9 Sailor Jock's odd when over- weight (6) 10 The Scots lose one, that's the complaint (5) 12 Vide infra (6) 14 Makes like 31 making a mini's 12 (12) 19 Iron case containing rare metal together in combination (10) 23 Actor's with-it wooden existence (8) 26 Dish up old puzzle about 100,000 rupees (7) 31 Not all statesmen are jerks (5) 33 See 36 (5)

The solution to Crossword 795 is on page 53. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the Post-a-Book' service.