CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 3 May. Entries to: Crossword 854, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights are of a kind with four lights clued without overall definition.

Name Address ACROSS

1 Fish one piece out of another (5) 2

4 Ban pin-ups in vehicles (9) 3 9 One pigeon did, slinging hook 4 about the middle of July (10) 6

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12 Appropriate character from an 8 old Roman town (7) 10 14 The city in Capek's play? Come again! (5) 15 Support a yuppy endlessly in 13 need of a come-back (5) 16 Armed guard 11 turned out left 15 100 in (6) 22 Incendiary sonar contrivance — 17 there's brimstone in it (8) 23 Third left's a bird (7) 18 24 Spenser's have one in the Scots preserve (4) 19 27 Honour, sir, turns to honour for such a child (7) . 21 29 Turn thus to deal successfully 26 with a probe (8) 32 Ready and willing to move to action (6) 28 34 Capital substitution by right in 21? Capital! (5) 38 Top Turk turning infirm when put plumb centre (10) 39 A moral ITA production con- cerning sex? (9) 40 Gainsays foreign patron saint (5) DOWN Laugh, sir, about us (5)

Not well in? Wow! (6)

Soak in a sound altar-cruet (7) Voltaire's stern father's classic fault (5) Bob's one up (4) One unlike a cat up a pillar getting surrounded by state police (9) Part of Seychelles a long time without military organisation (7) Tack having to row dead along- side (6) Courses of action in favour of taxes (9) Don't lose 'em all, my pretty!

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Complaint of cat — one getting bird before one 15D (10) Bill's doubled up? Great! (6) Comparatively refined son of Priam having society replaced by Queen (7) Offend with range under tail

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30 That's kind for a start! (6) 31 Grub up? Some meal! (5) 33 Jack's unknown, fat and short V 34 •

-ming support for woman one on wagon? (4)

The solution to Crossword 851 is on page 53. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.