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1375: Wheel by Columba
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 1 September, with two run- ners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1375, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Radial lights read from edge to centre or vice versa, twenty of each. Twenty-five clues each contain a surplus word; the first let- ters of these words spell out a six-word phrase (in Chambers). A two-word extract, treated as the phrase suggests, occupies the innermost circuit. Six thematic items (one hyphened) read clock- wise, unbroken, in the circuit next to the outer one.
Name Address RADIALS (6) 1 Delay keeps Greek character, odyssey's leader, down 2 Sensual vehicle, new, starts to boost audience levels 3 Say retained by former envoy 4 Colour round middle of bulky roll 5 Runner almost entraps jolly dodger 6 Priest's assistant, right in part 7 Respecting judge, advocates get back 8 Rest? Fluttering pierid's forgoing one 9 Kitten's Year, show without a dog 10 Quarry blocked by pawn, one square in advance 11 Inferior grain out of cold area, variety of rye 12 Current railway uniform 13 Ruined bridge opened 14 Satisfying sweet, at shed, eaten by sorry urchin?
15 Fill up from keg all tankards users returned 16 Coat tails of noble earl held by attendant 17 Tabloid reports beasts, we hear 18 City eschewed by Australian wild horse 19 Wallop unsound scheme 20 Uproar rattled Boston boy?
21 Pass time following composer 22 Reveal sprite, cunning 23 Layout appropriate to dull leader 24 Wretched inmate worsted 25 Masonry of wing enclosing quiet yard 26 Australian wild horse on outback land 27 Gypsy's about, wearing super cap 28 Hue of such romantic nature 29 Rank turnip fragment 30 Triumvirate's spirit tested after ugly riot 31 Finch left in horrid snare 32 Rotate alien instrument 33 Engineers in a fluster loudly apply nuts 34 Live wire's partial account 35 Conveyance provided over area 36 Hot-water bottle failure 37 Nasty lout engaged in revenge once 38 Entertainer in the last posh car outside front of theatre 39 Sam, run out, takes off protective gear 40 Tree lover cross about feller
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