Crossword 588
A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 17 January. Entries to: Crossword 588, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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The unc ued ligh s (two are phrases, one is hyphened) are suggested respectively by seven words (including two proper names) with something in common. Ignore an accent.
Name Address America) (7)
30 Page old dear, audibly (4)
31 A prize wasting away (7)
34 Audibly gathered nuts (4)
36 In passage strike a light (7, hyphened) 39 Tangled vine and vetch — green types? (7) 40 Spectacle judged by hearsay (5) 42 Church officer's out of fashion (6) 43 Request brew of tea in lobby (8) DOWN 2 Crazy rumba — sot drums (8) 3 Girl matures round North (5)
4 Measures 'e decanted from vessels (7)
5 Eluded Sally Dee (7) 6 After a moment pole's brandish- ed (6) 7 Liquor only, short, in drinking- glass (6) 8 Refutes experiences (5) 10 Reprimand killers of game political adventurers (13) ACROSS
I Visitor, street rover (8)
6 Shellfish bits repelled doctor (6) 12 Detention barracks seen from steamer in choppy sea-lough (10, hyphened) 13 Amidst a local crowd (5) 14 They'll strain British soldiers in Ayr? (7) 15 Iron-worker under TU ban struck with horror (10) 16 Pub host drunk, broaching bub- bly? (7, hyphened) 22 Grip outmoded English file (7) 24 Griefs caused by money, it's said
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26 Plain with endless sage (N. 17 The House of Cleopatra (3) 18 Market-place past Royal Academy (5) 21 Tides overturned bridge about end of June (5)
25 A smelt? No? Could be (8)
27 Near old Whitby area, housing unknown? (3) 28 African girl holds a record up (7) 29 One spread rug about, unfading flowery thing (7) 32 Player, one in battered boots (6) 33 Subatomic particle possessed short name (6) 35 Verse-form's tailed script (5) 37 Nice school — sounds sheltered, e.g. (5)
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