Crossword 672

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 10 September. Entries to: Crossword 672, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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2 Javelin I stuck in a tree (5)

3 They note times of irregular trades (6) 4 Unchristian deity inset with silver (5) 5 Declaims, exploding secret • about one (7) 6 Hindu' instruments befit classical skill (6) 9 Notes wild birds around northern trees (10, hyphened) 11 Air fan disturbed pollen (6) perjurers (5) 29 Saunter, beginning to sing a