Crossword 629

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 31 October. Entries to: Crossword 629, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address All the clues are of a kind and lack definitions of the solutions. The clues are presented in alphabetical order of the solutions across and down. Solvers must assign each solution to its correct position in the grid, jigsaw-fashion.

ACROSS a In camera, maybe Ranges around Terribly hoarse Coagulates badly Call Eric over Loose treenail Fondles roughly Are free Awfully wee Intoxicate madly Distressed teacher Ruthless reorganisation Strange ordeal From Nimes New redoubts Groan in agony Rebuilt reredos (two words) Retires, in pieces Trestle collapsed Drunker saints Poets do broadcast Confused tester DOWN A Wandering basset Outlander Produced 'Lear' Wriggling eels Time-out Broken nose Rice distribution Confuse a setter Rebuilt cafe Otherwise restful Foreign lido Faulty enumeration Cine production Sheraton in pieces (two words) O Bloats out P Dismembered colonialist

Q Asteroid exploded (two words) R Jugged hare

S Dora cooked T Novel asset

U Loves rum

✓ Arts review W Perplexed user X Awfully arrogant Y Organised a treat Z Restrain violently