Crossword 654
Prize: £10 — or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, 1983 edition (ring the word 'Dictionary' under name and address) — for the first correct solution opened on 8 May. Entries to: Crossword 654, The Spectator, 56 Doughty St., London WC1N 2LL.
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A redundant letter occurs in the defini ion part of each of six Across clues, thus spel ing out (in clue order) a theme word which solvers must name: e.g. PLUMS (with M redundant) could serve as definition of ADDITIONAL.
Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS
1 Chides bowling fray? (14, four words)
10 One behind desert palm (5) 11 Salt air, note (6)
12 One caught with compass around polar regions (7, hyphened) 14 Secure bit of green alga (4) 16 River bird (also a duck) hidden by tangled ash (10) 17 Special aversions that will appear in letters (8, two words)
20 Haunting hound, breed absorb- ing Holmes initially (5) 21 Amputate? Crafty, cutting sheep's leg-bone (7) 22 Back militants' leader, furnish weapons anew (5) 24 A Party brother (3) 27 Bald feature of mandrills (3) 31 Jap born in US is in East for a change (5) 33 Stung, caught holding pound (7) 34 Genius of birds is to brood, they say, before start of April (5) 35 Was exhausted, gripping pole, and annoyed (8) 36 Con in Paris? It ruined thief (10) 38 Bird wi' t' posh flat (4) 39 Gold in State's glacial debris (7) 40 RAF set out to bomb (6) 41 Chit with second small coin (5) 42 New terms concerning new manager's rent (14) DOWN Women upset nipper, perhaps, lively lad (14) 2 Mature old badger (4) 3 Salt from bag with fish consum- ed (10) 4 Oil down Henry — hat ruined (7) 5 Saves Scotch, keeps drinks in (5) 6 Pianos assigned to relative (8) 7 Toile crinkled in pigment (7)
8 Bad thing, drunken state? G!v: poor vision in dim light hyphened) 9 A hundred yield, agree (6)„
13 Timid prince gets greedy 0) 15 Beef turned one girl (5)
18 Fish — up river, once (3) t(10)
' 19 Repeat letters? Quite repeaLd
23 Slight pressure to press one , (8) 25 .Ring eastern beauty (5) i -
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26 Busy worker in State, here n (7) 28 Dearest antique, the French Piece 29 Fo) llow old custom (3) 30 Lily, rather )
32 Old immutable English sheet iron (6) 35 Trim pin, och ay! (5) ,„
37 Spleen alienates, partly (4)
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