Crossword 716

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 29 July. Entries to: Crossword 716, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights and five of the clued ones are of a kind according to Chambers. Ignore three hyphens.

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I One chap half-canonised in a piece of poetry (5) 9 Hier not taking fish? Rubbish! (10)

11 Middle-aged, appears in 1D's part as adviser (6)

12 Cured about a third of all chosen (7)

14 Bird to stand on end (5)

15 To windward, one toiletry article (5)

16 Writer of note in season (6) 22 Flog one to a backward people of the Kipchaks, say (8)

23 Free pasture after the middle of March, note! (7) 24 Keenness is an advantage (4) 25„ Being empty for ages (4) he Passes everything out the night , before the Sabbath (7)

49 Specifically roused to ecstasy, Geraint's wife lost heart and said yes, it seems (8) 32 One-time lover comes round in „. a boat (6)

54 Draw on letter of credit the Scots hold (5)

35 Misled a beast, having had food , put out (5) 36 Farm land kept manured and tilled for cricketers (7)

37 Tongue-like structure that's done-in — Siva's symbol? (6) 38 Rex's endued badly — ill-equipped to play Casanova! (10)

39 Skill displayed by member of crew on a boat (9) 40 Draw out a foreign noble in mid-week (5) DOWN 1 Welsh jane about to think exotically of a peculiar poetical pattern (10) 3 Stopped King coming in, having lost heart (6) 4 Mounts of more recent appearance in Paris's outskirts

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5 Air that is dry distends a measure (7) 6 Turned up a spade outside the United Kingdom in the Shetlands once? Yes! (5) 7 Fine sort of tale that cannot be described (9) 8 One's a joke to start with — end of story! (4) 13 Like a snake, say, without being long-headed (7) 17 Displays touch of orthodoxy in apparent contradictions (9) 19 Anastomose society surrounded by graft (10) 20 In old money, is a coin used in pre-1961 Pakistani trade festivals (9) 21 One preserved a wench in the diplomatic corps (6) 26 Gallows a fairy erected in prison

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28 A little projection becomes a heartless beauty when a lot less

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33 Hooked on vitamin A, Hill? (5) The solution to Crossword 713 is on page 35 Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.