17 OCTOBER 1987, Page 50

CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value 113.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 2 November. Entries to: Crossword 830, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Roman clues are norma . Italic clues each contain a definition and a hidden jumble of the light incorporating one surplus letter. These extras, in clue order, spell out a hyphened word suggesting the unclued lights (one hyphened, one plural) which form two quintets. Chambers gives all but three proper nouns.

Name Address

ACROSS

9 Swinger, outsize pop-star, reaching a high (10)

14 Cross — i.e. 10, in short (3)

16 Region housing a northern spin- ner (6) 17 Old date (time, that is) (5, two words) 18 Boredorn makes some children nuisances (5) 20 Cake making our saliva naturally flow (7) 22 Detested the dialogue (7) 24 Heard a tango played here in Spain (7)

25 Nonsense masking 0 in Spades?

(5) 28 One who puffs, blowing as trumpeters do (7)

31 Runs for president, pressing for votes (7)

33 Last states of insects from caddis- flies or maggots (7)

37 Mafia head, born crower (5) 38 Like a fop, one to pooh-pooh (5) 39 See, short golfer has thrash (6) 42 Indeed, Jock's driving lacks height (6) 43 Indian club he desired no end (8) DOWN 1 A dish from Australia bubbles, is oily (13) 2 Had effect — half confused

(5)

4 Wet state, under bar mostly (5) 6 Happens to hear ravishing music

(7)

7 Protozoa, mass in old epoch (6) 8 A pike, no longer a jack (4) 10 Strained, requiring nurse around SE (6) 12 Graphs seen to measure a region surrounding earth (13) 13 Symbol (GI) marked on issue (8) 15 Act of malice, say, not turning up? (7)

19 Weight-lifters who might well sway? (9)

21 Silly spite I dish out (8) 27 King lost, I cede to Bishop's circuit (7) 29 Scraped when quietly in debt? (6) 32 Canary I trained, but not one for laughter (6) 34 Law of God, Hebrew's first (5) 35 A saint to succour one (5)

The solution to Crossword 827 is on page 52.

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