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Crossword 1367, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Circling the grid clockwise from square 1 is a quotation (six words) followed by its author (two words). The speaker is 15 (three words), uncle of one 28 and father of the next, both born in the same pertinent year.

Name

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11 Theologian converted a mule (5 12 Cri)

sis reached with America out of line (4)

13 Government stops blood sport (5)

14 Dress two pages in scanty garb (7, hyphened) 17 Mecca for alpinists tobacco repelled (5) 20 Prince's unopened gold and silver quill (8) 21 Fish from steamboat (6) 23 Old man swallows round turnip

26 E(4 lixir quenched no divorcee (5) 27 Values quote backing hospital

cuts (5) 30 Almost fly outside school compound (6)

31 Riot lady subdued with finesse (8 36 Sail inshore when in small boat (5)

38 Any home coloured in a new blue pigment (11) 39 Horsemen very cautious crossing river (7) 40 Bit less ill (5) 41 Maybe growler runs into governor (4) 42 Addict's experience involving Ecstasy (5) DOWN 2 Ready to splice thread binding daring glove (7) 3 Crushing ground particle (10) 4 Winter three lost sheep (6) 5 Muscat customer, possibly partial dipsomaniac (5) 6 Bar debtor starts to importune for odd pint (8) 7 Is Nancy inclined to droop? (5) 8 Birds coming from hole in hedge, tail up (5) 10 Amazon in push northwards (4) 16 Delightful to cuddle base pope's child (5) 18 Warriors clear borders abroad (4) 19 Fiend in trouble after absolute, heartless lie (10) 22 Acting depressed, illicitly take tablet (5) 24 Gloated upon superior team .

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25 ... fine eleven to natter about (4) 29 Sailor in nonsense writer's list, like the strigiform guitarist (7) 32 Hair treatments whimsical siren has (6) 33 Set rings with beryl? (5) 34 Yapster Queen put in care of soldier (5) 35 See about wife's language (5) 37 Hole for fish pond (4)