Crossword 600

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 11 April. Entries to: Crossword 600, The Spectator 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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entY-six lights each begin with a different le ter and are clued in Vh3habetical order (but the first answer does not begin with A). ese initial letters are ignored in subsidiary indications.

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ACROSS 4 Extremely dotty mate gets the bird (9, hyphened) 14 Expose skin (5)

25 Inutiediately getting a refusal 29 ai mr o at ud c(k4i)n g

into tossed greens for diets (8) 34 over-powerful mint conceals gum discharge (5) 35 Accent of heavyweight standing next to us (5) 36 chep'd? No, nick'd! (7) 37 Prompt close (6) 39 Scrambled eggs are for the empty group (9)

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Obscure old letter denoting club . . . (10) 5 . , discourages one member visiting low dives (7)

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Conservative hero can be a nasty piece of work (5) 8 Tick ends in clock Pa had — broke (4)

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Where panel might be found not out (6) 17 Roles assigned to G & S are melodies with harmony (9, hyphened)

18 A river flowing round because of tar product (7) 19

Set of pieces incomplete? Not quite — full number here (10) 26 Oval substitute sent out for a duck? (7, hyphened) ALPHABET CLUES Poison-dance One motor-substitute

Festering sore not getting better Photo-process can alter gopher-ray Farmer's a game fellow 1:m bi-money-cowrie S1013 and take a break

One follows pale-faced master Close to the rabble I get drunk — bad influence Stupid fellow let rot spread Encompass metre with a leap . . . . and one attempt at the dance Long-necked one with fliers? OK Vetch-fairy is Scots mistress Tear up in a rage Get flustered in trite turmoil One using a barge back on old river Musical addition to bore service Tree yielding netone gas Steed — Leger entry — shows irritation Resistance on small part of space-path Always time for high rank Card-game one plays with high-class Zen Pay back with one end? Yes Oilrig performances Cakework turns out a tart