CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 6 August. Entries to: Crossword 968, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The preamble proper (10 words) reads clockwise round the perimeter from a square to be deduced. Its barred letters and the four corner letters form the anagram: EXPERT, THE DON HIS SORT USUALLY IS.

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ACROSS 10 Light bathes Eastern high spot (5) 11 Joint in jacket (6) 14 Disciples back outside a temple 16 Courtesy of family, returning letter (10) 17 Rounds off citation Unionist jots down without question (8) 20 Fit out the Spanish star (5) 21 High-fliers, look, swaggered? (7. hyphened) 22 Girl has heart, passion (5) 24 Piper's endless smoke (3) 27 Amphibian's departed, long gone (3) 31 Hawk in t' storm (5) 33 I teach odd Latin moral (7) 34 Deities with one origin, going back (5) 35 Drawings on wall? Count has suitable one (8) 36 Oats, maybe, lines in breakfast items (10, hyphened) 38 Wryneck agitated nixy (4) 39 Purified clear brandy's con- sumed (7) 40 Case with rounded stone, aromatic kernel (6) 41 Sweet-sop soon active (5) DOWN

2 Expert about universal painting (4)

3 Subtle cluing? It is, with regard to language (10) 4 Former favour Edward received (7)

5 Jogs, runs into kiddies (5)

6 The Spanish wine's outside case (8) 9 Woodworker, maker of match- es? (6) 15 Plant from shore — isokont drifting up (5) 19 Cutting, criticising severely (10)

23 Each made grave public sacrifice

25 d ruin in Southern ancient city

26 S ((5un heat stirred seed (7, hyphened)

29 Most of ship's fish (3) 30 Becomes active? Without ener- gy, becomes feeble (7)

32 Lower profit, reduced stock (6)

37 Stump or catch? (4)