CROSSWORD 934: Hammer out, too! by Jac
A first prize of L20 and two further prizes of f10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary') for the first three, correct solutions opened on 27 November. Entries to: Crossword 934, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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32 38 0 The unclued lights are of a kind. One other light is of two words.
Name Address 9 ACROSS 1 Attitude assumed by a fellow deity (8) 5 County employees (6) 14 A member of one of the smaller units (3) 16 Bird — one with a rupture (6) 17 Trunk-road unfinished? Back in- itially to an A! (5) 18 See 32 (5) 20 In holes in the heart, points to occlusion (7) 22 CoVers ranches in the States (7)
24 A taste, for instance, for insecti- vores (7)
25 Is a mixture thousands conceal — it's an awful stink! (5) 26 Man's fate — never top dog! (5) 28 Carryibg cost of craft in clink (7) 33 Like a fillet consumed by one after time (7) 37 In conflict, a. local indication of stress (5) 38 Animals a Northerner backs (5) 40 Sick pay (3) 42 What you'd expect a left out 43 to do (6) 43 A fusspot, this old regulator (8) DOWN
1 Theory that pain seems dis- persed? (13)
2 Panic hardly ever a hundred short (5) 3 Friend's Continental friend com- ing round about an African native (6) 4 Old master for less than $1.5 (5) 6 Proposition in principle (7) 8 Over-smart sort of drink (4) 10 Set up a worthless Ulster confer- ence (6) 11 Let out involving left half in melee (9) 12 Make a mess of running many a lad in when sir's about (13) 21 Hide candle here (8) 23 Wherein gees could be Oscillat- ing between two states (7) 27 Inter-rail vehicle (7) 29 Soothing a New England jerk (6) 30 Pinch grass (6)
32 Interference that upsets 18 and has 23 losing its head (6)
34 Card to turn up after a Jack? (5) 35 Take aim, outside is a creature with horns! (5) 36 A Commie without some (4) guts The solution to Crossword 931 is on page 67. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.
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