1077: Dressed to kill by Doc
A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 5 October, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1077, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
The unclued ights are of a kind: ignore two accents. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe.
Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS
8 In France, named a tree (4) 11 Abandon reason — on the guill- otine? (12, three words)
12 In short, without obligation to buy some on tap, probably (5) 16 Permission to use milking-place (4) 17 Wild cat with tip of claw lost (5) 18 Raised pathway for use in low islet (6) 22 Torn paper around middle of brick wall (8) 23 Star of film Sentry (7) 24 Live rough with wench, around state (6, two words) 25 To pour out and destroy (6) 27 Old carriage hat (7, hyphened) 29 The virtue that sentimentality sends out (8) 33 Notorious isle at mouth of Tagus (6) 34 Short stop by first-class porticos
(5)
35 Awning for most of the culti- vated land (4) 38 Foot-soldier holding a foot! (5) 39 Poster vandal destroyed treasure in British Museum (12, two words) 40 Note book for wine (4) 41 Holding a commission to ex- amine in kind (8) DOWN 1 It will clean vestment up, soldier (6) 2 String of pearls, 20 feet long (4) 3 The chorion could be as sore (6) 4 He studies the components of any salt (7) 5 With reference to county mem- ber seen about return (10) 6 Palms with anthers waving (7) 8 Duke in GB and NI or knight in Malaysia (5) 9 Old pulley on wrought iron an up, slumbering
10 candles
Aitessticgket(t9in)g ri (6) 19 Avoids fortification sculptured by king (10, two words)
21 Gossip about non-U gold coin (9)
26 With a will to examine in English
(7)
28 Compound that is around silken material (7) 29 God and judge receive round burner (6, hyphened) 31 Very drunk (doesn't change) (6) 32 Two heartlessgraduates raising wooden shoe (5) 36 Claim the borders of 39 (4)
Solution to 1074: v. 1071 10A The unclued lights were varieties of APPLES (Down) and PEARS (Across) — the solution to 10 Across in Crossword 1071.
First prize: N. Mendoza, London SW11; Runners-up: B .0.B . Wil- liams, London SW3; J. Stanhope, London W8.
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