CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of either Chambers Dictionary or Chambers Crossword Manual — ring your choice) for the first three correct solutions opened on 3 October. Entries to: Crossword 876, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Seven of the unclued lights (three of two or more words and two lacking articles) are of a kind found at 33, for instance. Ignore one accent.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Matriarch upset four and eight, embraced by Mr English (12, two words) 10 Gen from Ulster, on reflection (4) 12 8 gamins mixing a medley (10) 14 Distress rejecting marginal read- ing (

17 Ospre3)

y's tail in lake home (5)

19 Moulding out of nectar (6)

22 Well by tree-trunk's creeping underground stem (6) 24 As long as 12's backing — fine! (5, two words) 26 Warblers and sandpipers around New Rd redevelopment (9, hyphened) 27 Opera-glass from courtesan embracing Wagner's heart (9) 29 Squat dug-out in gym (5) 31 More sensible sounding fisher- man (6) 34 Greets old Unionist in bargain time (6) 36 'Time at the Crease' — tavern- sign swinging (7) 38 Circle having to analyse old language (5)

39 Makes crude old adaptation of shore-gun (8) 40 Railway-siding lodge (3) 41 The EEC reforming ICrete, in- cluding posh capital of Italy (10)

42 The capital of Czechoslovakia (4) 43 Topples 21 nameless RAs maybe (12) DOWN 2 As I promised, love-song sent back on Centre Court (10, three words) 3 Push out one cross to the limit

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4Clergyman embracing outstand- ing competitor (5) 5 Small blossoms from Scottish moorland pool with trees blown about (9) 6 Sanctimonious band going round, with mouths open (6) 7 Australian football is Rugby Union with the French! (5) 8 See 12 (4) 16 Each kind (3) 19 Reproduces classification with individuals (6) 20 Sweats awfully, giving such punishment (6) 21 See 43 (10)

28 Embassy bombing raid (7)

30 Junior taking in silver and gold — on reflection for cat (6) 32 A new-born girl (3) 33 See preamble (5) 35 On which to rest Lowrys initially 37 aner of Scotland (north-east United Kingdom) (4) The solution to Crossw ord 873 is on page 59.

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