19 APRIL 1986, Page 45

CROSSWORD 754: Booked by Jac

'A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 6 May. Entries to: Crossword 754, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1 2LL.

The seven radial lights clued without an overall definition are, by reason of the two unclued nouns running clockwise at the centre of the diagram, of a kind with the six unclued ones also running clockwise in the circling band next but one to the periphery. .............. .......................... Name .......................................................... ....................... Address .............................

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RADIALS (6) 1 Enough about many a good friend to Spenser 2 Lovely morning in a squirrel's nest 3 Fight barren Scots measure Up in no longer 4 Earth-borne article from over- seas 5 Bare-headed Texan that some- how was outstanding 6 Infant state 7 Night-chamber 8 In meantime is endlessly used to put out of humour 9 Nainely, one occupying a small house-boat 10 One said to intrigue abroad, I agree 11 Diminutive tea-house?

12 Wholly assembled outside 13 An alternative celestial prefix for Shakespeare's character 14 Skunk fur is obtained from one British sailors confined in a menagerie

15 Look in, e.g., 10 for // Duce's commendation

16 Discount originally a penny a dance 17 A monkey finally has nothing to smile about 18 Is willing to follow the ace of trumps 19 Heartless blessing 20 No nude French turn is in complete agreement 21 In combination, nitrogen and sodium luminance not re- gionally arranged 22 Notable initial impulse 23 Angel describing unknown biblical mighty man of valour 24 A wise judge turns in in the first place 25 White goddess about to take note of a plant 26 Spenser's lie in the lavatory, these in the sea! 28 Bottle the Bard's a whit with- out, like 29 A dealer in moth-balls' heart 30 Derby cricketer 31 A journalist lay at anchor round about it 32 Ship's cook's brown sherry 33 Put resin in a hamper 34 Once over-scrupulous with money in Swaziland 35 American drop-out in disgrace 36 Passed on without honour 37 Not so hot in Paris one spring 38 Pedlar drops standard-bearing

39 cymbal in Town 39 Gutter haunt

40 One venerable left half-back 27 Organisation's contribution to the fortune Scott amassed