CROSSWORD

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 2 May. Entries to: Crossword 904, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights are of a kind and have an affinity with the solutions (one doubly hyphened) to the asterisked clues. Ignore two accents elsewhere.

Name Address ACROSS

1 *Recital from main soloist (11) 7 *Lease an old suite (3) 11 Namely; formerly fine (6) 13 A doctor's right, one in two hundred's linen (7)

15 A pastrycook going without one is comparatively without warmth of affection (5) 16 A flyer's to get the better of it

(5) 17 Maybe 8-like without food (6)

18 Notes in an obsolete alphabet

(5)

20 Braggart's empty talk, a trick 22 Iirst man's out? Controversial!

(7)

27 Is wearing endless garments, this old battle-axe (7) 29 *Place in handicap (5) 30 Spars of boats backed in a race

(6)

32 A cover for a boat that's heeled over (5) 34 Happiness was not for her May? Right! *His 'Les Saisons' set in May? Right! (5)

37 He's one who doesn't want to be left out, apparently (5)

38 See 3 highly inebriated (7)

39 Foreign exile's uncle one English king concealed (6)

40 Tophet's topless Goddess? (3) 41 *Sounds like what sailors are used to (11) DOWN 1 Traces man's minced oaths as a soldier (10) 2 Thought to be a mermaid's hus- band an Italian described? (8) 3 Got 38 (9) 5 State of article originally made of maize (7) 6 Bearing on a winding stair left out in an Argentine Community Centre? (8) 9 Is less prejudiced and much pret- tier (6) 10 *German 14 (5) 12 Clay-pigeon shooting? Outright upsetting for birds! (6) 19 Mean ten let out? Let out to some number! (10) 21 Doubted having made claim ab- out this journal missing almost 45% (9) 23 *Dog the reverse of 14 (8) 25 *Fraudulently sell an honour to an old woman (6) 26 It cast a spell otherwise to be without polarity (7) 28 Countryman upsetting his Fore- ign Secretary (6) 31 Scots 7D in the past spoke about money (5) 33 *End of 41 for 21A (5) 35 *Respiration for 23 (4) The solution to Crosswo rd 901 is on page 45.

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