23 MARCH 1985, Page 40

Crossword 700

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 9 April. Entries to: Crossword 700, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address ACROSS 1 Sore? Cat jerks, flicking round about part of mast (13, hyphened)

8 .A purrer, teeny thing (4)

10 Exciting dawns in US National Park (10, two words) 12 Beef-broth is lacking variety (4) 14 Tabby's face dividing soils for fillets (6) 16 Bird with aged face like a Manx cat! (5) 17 Felix curls up here (tailless) in the middle (5) 20 U-shaped locks with cylindrical part for key (7) 21 Wattles drink in the damps (7) 23 Angevin tax hard to swallow needs time (7)

25 Goes to the North for elk-herds (5) 27 The Isle to acquire tailless form (7 30 Cle)

ans smooth silk fabric in steamer (7) 32 Cat-like, docile, disturbed by nothing (7) 36 Slow to sleep during bit of music

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37 Noodle and piece of mutton

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isy in Spain bound, we hear, for festival (10) 42 I rile managers — bad Union record (13, hyphened) DOWN 2 Like bread and stout? (5) 4 Amphibian can deflect floating mine? (5) 5 Isotope — it's one present in short blast (7) 6 Ecstatic, near crazy point (6) 7 Nonconformists' opponents? They nod (9) 9 Lovely place, a bar in Glasgow — for self-restraint? (10)

11 Blubbery type has ego disorientated (6, hyphened)

18 Comparatively sandy Isle for the boat-loader (10) 21 Places of disgrace for Danes? (9, hyphened) 22 A dude among swells — they're in the swim (7, hyphened) 26 Cathartic? He runs everywhere!

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28 Bloody cat's ruined frame (6) 29 There should be one in a (pregnant) Siamese, Rosalie (6) 31 She gives hunting-dog touch of lash (6) 33 Nail badly rips tiger's middle (5) 34 They say female feline's a saucy gal (5) 35 Stumpy things, second paws (5) The solution to Crossword 697 is on page 39 Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.