CROSSWORD 808: Blow by blow by Doc

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 1 June. Entries to: Crossword 808, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights are of a kind. Brewer mentions 43 Name Address ACROSS 4 Coolheadedness arranging 25 heartlessly during endless walk (11, hyphened) 11 Vocal expression by small prophet of linguistic sound group (7) 13 Boy's anti-aircraft gun (9) 14 Carry US maiden over pole for Sioux (5) 19 Posh Liberal in capital, getting gumboil (7) 21 Make the bed (4)

23 Go back in! Forward! Shakespeare's reproachful term! (7)

24 Endlessly and heartlessly finan- cial capital characteristics (4) 25 See 4 (7) 31 Classically small ego (4) 34 Beginner and learner in combine 35 gOmpiler's awfully thin pigeon 37 eat for a company of birds (5) 40 Pale-looking journalist is dead 42 ne of the Spurs' cry of joy for workshop (6) 43 Aromatic substance suited gun and sword (7) 44 Don't worry: support the policy- beneficiary (11, two words) DOWN 1 Place to pay legal duties could possibly affect 10 MPs (11, hyphened) 3 Suffer at home with the dog (5) 5 Ancient Mariner's story upset this Muslim VIP (4) 7 Heat that is needed after fusion of coral (7) 8 0, love! (7) 9 Plants like sugar-cane having roots near to collapse (9) 10 Dreamy individual, I, wealthy, without aspiration (7) 17 Sensual literature from Cairo and borders of Egypt (7) 18 Coppers and sergeant-major get- ting porter's call (11, two words) 20 It's not even in Conservative

policy (7)

26 Philosopher erecting hospital beds about one (5) 27 Bring together correspondingly without banter (7) 28 Ferns and indoor plant without top half of 33 (7) 29 Herbs soaring out of control (7) 33 Yarn about resistance embracing Right (6) 38 Writer from Argentina, in part (4) 39 Hamlet's supposedly evil note on drink (4) The solution to Crossword 805 is on page 45. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.