10 DECEMBER 1983, Page 39

Crossword 637

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 3 January. Entries lo: Crossword 637, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (one is a phrase) comprise one key word an

two associated triads Name Address ACROSS 7 Frost gets mass of brushwood (3) 11 One after record shows guts (6) 13 Discussed free entertainment with Edward (7) 15 Eastern (short handle) sword (5) 16 Note the frisky canines (5) 17 Unstable, the Gallic ill-humour (6) 20 Operatic hero's heard to shape archaic ring (6) 21 Pelt and 24 lb of wool (5) 22 Cruel turns in crone (7) 27 T' roisterer's a local hawker (7) 29 Cuttings from Shakespeare for schools (5) 30 We hear Scotch Tory fermented public disturbance (6) 34 Rough on the Clyde — for coal- ship, that is (6) 36 Old slaves feel rejected (5) 37 Head's a tear-jerker? (5) 38 Gates I'd repaired — and provid- ed pasture for a fee (7) 39 Vexing types cause rows about Right (6) DOWN I Endlessly drunk — NE holds outsize whale! (10, hyphened) 2 Be too zealous concerning Beck (8) 3 Fruit wrinkles — they show time of year (9, hyphened) 4 Inadequate measures traced roughly in leagues (12) 5 Tolkien almost contrived a two- in Tsar's set-

6 Ehovrilneindnruheinnoce(7u)p up? (8)

7 Specks of dust — mounds no more (5) 9 Mysterious Arab grass (6) 10 Spiritual leader, something of a Radical, I followed (5) 14 Frank needs vigour to plough earth (12, hyphened) 19 Dead after minced beef diner favoured? (10) 21 Avoid issue, in retreat, for idle hours (9, two words) 23 Leaves behind loaned sums (8) 24 Dagger cut cheese, and French tucked in (8) 25 Callow, black, trimmed girl (6) 26 Separate audible demand for canvas (7) 28 Once one carted crops in, ordered abroad (6) 31 Ferment when in still (5) 33 1 declared antique was covered with green stuff (5) 35 Clip weed (4)