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 7 August. Entries to: Crossword 918, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 21.L.
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The unclued lights, selected from the abbreviations in Chambers, are relevantly disposed in the diagram.
Name Address ACROSS 4 Gold floor in quiet tomb (9) 9 Patron's been twisted by agent (10) 11 A deputy died, daunted once (6) 12 Hew, in Ayr, cooked up dire trouble (7, hyphened) 23 Plant intact? Blighted about heart of stamens (7) 24 King in huff, unconcealed (4) 27 Ruffled litter includes a flight- feather (7) 29 Brilliant short desert plant (8) 32 Implanted, note, in quarter of acre (6) 34 Established objection about the Sicilian (5) 35 Leader ridiculed audibly (5) 38 I grant complex universal Deity is involving three Persons (10) DOWN I Latin lover's standard oomph around South? (10) 2 Specify Bardic restriction (5) 3 Second shot roué, and French, inside (6) 4 Jellyfish stirred N. Sea mud (7) 5 Curve, look, in old skull (7) 6 Parrot circling royal wagon (5) 7 Submarine having liberal rust- resisting coat (9) 8 Ancient lake — local boundary, it's said (4) 10 Hood & Co, friendly society types? (9) 13 Cash raised — t' means for pedestrian route (7) 15 Aquatic creatures give oils, we hear (6) 17 Dashing, ruining (9) 18 Tips ptily titivate toplessly and cor- ru
19 Scale(7)
deserted slope for bird (10) 20 Dad on flute mangled Chopin?
21 (9 Wa)
r-god, brass, uplifted fool (6) 26 Feature of a car — bonnet, say (7, two words) 28 Murder a baroque organ part (7) 30 Round figure — but Henry gives way to a sweet (6) 31 Rap giddy girl (5)
33 Handle Berliner's rents crooked- ly (5)
34 Mac's mortgage agent (4)
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