CROSSWORD 1380: Out of this world by Doc
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 5 October, with two runners- up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1380, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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The unclued lights (five of two words and two as a pair) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Ignore three accents.
Name Address ACROSS 1 Gloss on chair — a loss for Blair? (12, two words) 10 Being and acting in WW2 entertainment (4) 12 This alkaloid without measure is another (10) 14 The reason for sportsman being paid (3) 15 Loves in the light kiss and cuddle (8) 17 Musketeer in neat hose (5) 18 Shade of pink suited Dolores (7, two words) 22 The top of all the greenery once (6) 24 Where the Douro, Tagus, Trent, Missouri and Volga end? (5) 26 Alarming fire on heather (9) 29 Chap from Perth taking even parts of Morse's time (5) 31 Limes and bit of ugh dished up at breakfast? (6) 34 Indian peasant music by ebbing river (6) 36 US lawyer has call to leave hurriedly (7, two words) 38 Individual embraced active Christian (5) 40 Penthouse for jazz fan (3) 41 Great estates with isolated pillar on the subcontinent, about half- full (10) 42 Some twitcher heard bird (4) 43 Cross one option out for interpreter of dreams (12) DOWN
2 Stand there, cyclically, etc. (10, three words)
3 Cause of death and corruption among spectators (7) 4 More pleasant and awfully sincere at heart (5) 5 I can't leap about — do I need this? (9) 6 Welcome for lizards turning up, caught out (7) 8 Individuals making love-nest, almost (4) 11 Branch of maths involving two squares and cipher (8) 16 Deep sound! (3) 19 He contradicts French ram (6) 20 No pet remains undefeated (6, two words) 21 Disheartened vicereine bequeaths foliage (10, hyphened) 23 Support measures for courts (9) 25 Metal worker's paltry fashion (8) 30 City society going to the wall, in France (6) 32 Cross award (3) 33 It's much longer than one inch could be! (5) 35 A 'form of 32 — one colt without life (5) 37 Ruler upset and out of tune (4)
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