22 JANUARY 1983, Page 33

Crossword 591

A pr'ze of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 7 February. Entries to: Crossword 591, The Spec ator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The nine unclued lights have something in common. Ignore four

accents.

Name Address

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ACROSS 1 Service for erring MPs or any in trouble (14, two words) 8 A horse half off the straight at Ayr (4) 10 Champagne type for unwanted person (10) 14 Counter to only one hundred (6) 17 Invalid joining a club (5)

18 Judgment over disturbed earth (5)

20 Rearranged tour due to last longer (7) 21 Flagellate and elicit a wriggle (7) 23 At present, for instance, strained

(7) S25 Designs vessels including length 5)

wallow Swallow flounder (7) 32 Councillor's first to see through rot (7) 36 Braidwork, one worn by officer

(5)

37 Game seen on video in Uruguay (5) 38 A flat braid taken back in game (6) 39 One offer there also (4) 40 See 28 (10) 42 Prime of Jean Brodie? (14, four words) DOWN

2 Importune once more for answer (5) 3 One bird a lizard swallowed (6) 5 Helped girl in commercial (7)

6 Before conveyance under- ground? (6) 7 Spills, yes possibly, in literary double harness (9) •

9 Stick round, I'm back, goddess of flowers, grasses, sedges etc (11)

13 Native of Isle of Man getting round upset (7) 15 In manner of spokes-man of the Left with one supporter (8) 16 Capital of England, for example (11, two words) 21 American sound of unit in foreign language (9) 22 Contradiction — crazy one (7) 26 Just under the skin beneath fruit

(7)

28 Of a case the call is 40? (6) 31 Retort of member to Established Church (6) 33 Ward off recurrent old disease (5) 34 Inappropriate before time? (5) 35 Author to peruse, people say (5)