CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 11 July. Entries to: Crossword 864, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address ACROSS 20 Records disturbing sleep out 22 Driving reins from ploughshare 29 King's drink (5) 27 Set free eccentric general (7) 30 Public school's circle right off

32 Whipped cream for Scottish 34 Kept off bog, last month, on 37 Prohibitions expressed for pre- 39 Isolate Ulster, otherwise back- 41 Spread confusion a long time 13 Two coppers take in graduate 15 Antipodean soldier, one return-

16 Hit is almost something success- 17 Empty type of balloon (6, 18 Specify public display (5) 36 Is one sort of red dye-stuff (5) 7 Dock-money, once (3)

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bold air, maybe (11, hyphened) for Ginger (7) ful! (5) hyphened) East (6) that's non-U (7) (6) usher (5) reflection (6) ludes to marriage (5) Mg's out (6) words) and act as errand-boy (11, two metal to aircraftsman (5) 28 Another theme word raised 31 Growing out of the garden at 33 Appropriate number supporting 35 One drink a month (4) 21 Plumb encloses reports (9) 24 Label present on reserve dog (8, 25 Pity bird once in better apart- 26 Princess in element? (7) DOWN

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6 Molluscs floundering in a delta 8 Reflexion in an English cabinet TV (8, hyphened) points for swimmers (6) ing snub (12, two words) self-contained cottage-room (10) hyphened) ment (6) Easter-time (5) Queen (5) new showy plants (9)

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(8) touch (6) (12) The solution to Crossword 861 is on page 53.

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