Crossword 649

Prize: £10 — or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, 1983 edition (ring the word 'Dictionary' under name and address) — for Ihe first cor- rect solut on opened on 2 April. Entries to: Crossword 649, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. Name ....... Address ..... ACROSS I Senile City Agent in the words of a song (8)

10 Anthony's family box of toys (10) 13 Group indeed almost deprived of 16 Have a go at composing a letter, social standing (8) for example (5)

17 Anthony is a hop-head inclined

18 Ttohweayrdgs nan ettoisgmeth(er) for endless riches, in a way (7) 20 Influenced a biblical king in aid of the blind (8)

25 Plaintive-sounding female (3)

26 No longer strife's meagre profit (7)

28 Gray did say one in eight — (7)

29 — use it to pen in certain kinds of beasts (3) 31 Brave and fair, maybe, but in- itially an upstart (8) 34 Buzz bomb upset 37's travellers (7)

36 Religious, brother, church music (7) 39 Teucrian backing for trouble in Ulster (5) 40 In logic, possibly a goldfish could be Irish (8) 41 In goal, perhaps, the centre-back from County Down (6) 42 Without a sign of hesitation, every dog somehow is too glut- tonous (10) 43 Obscure mental disorder (6)

44 Fur-coated foreign aunt that can be fully satisfied (8)

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2 Boisterous foreign king's ring (8)

3 Like Shakespeare's claim overbearing? (6) 4 Jerk describing a male non- alcoholic drunkard (5)

6 A week in Scotland about middle of July, right? (4) 8 See 28 (4) 9 Agonise about a fruit-basket's broken legs (8)

11 Biblical king taken in? Shut up, it's rude! (7) 14 See, a record obstruction! (4)

15 Erstwhile Cattle State (4) 21 Require raising a row for Spenser ) 22 A tribesman brought up in an- cient witchcraft (4) 23 In London, a walkabout bet- weentimes, say (8) 25 As a Queen, was idle? (4)

27 Watch out, one's active in Town! (8)

30 Branch boss (4) 31 River-god with superior upbring- ing (4)

32 Part of leg the old dip out on - top of thigh-bone? (6) 35 Straps up river-eels (5)

38 Spenser's cover a goddess of the dead? In the end! (4)