Crossword 635

A prize of len pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 12 December. Entries to: Crossword 635, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 21.1.

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The eight unc ued lights have something 'n common — though it differs in each case. Elsewhere, ignore two accents.

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ACROSS 1 Joins joint confederacy (13)

8 Alight at station and hold redhead in (7)

10 Bury Shakespeare in funeral vehicle, we hear (7) 13 Bone's dimension (6) 16 Dull old badger (4) 19 Despise short story by heartless man (7) 20 Caught rapacious woman with nothing in Indian bed (7) 22 Copper returned during dance for instrument (7) 26 Greatly altered gallery (7) 29 Disease award (7) 30 Bristled about Cheshire's loss of champion (7) 34 Pay of Australian team (4) 36 Egg development from a pair of ducks with heartless energy, maybe (6) 38 Two articles — one's English express disbelief (7) 39 Rakish fellow went first and held a lottery (7) 40 Knitting machine for family far- ming out East (13, hyphened) DOWN 2 Rear sun-bird (5) 3 Bear's range (5) 4 The Scots only learn around Hogmanay finally (6) 5 Airport flower (7) 6 One tower's flowers (6)

7 Sound effect an encore's reproduced (9)

9 Passion for acquiring land from her garden upheaval initially (10, hyphened) 10 Single policeman holds up outstanding medicine (6) 12 One gram coin is base (7) 14 Exhaustive act about train (8) 17 Everlasting flower — variety 'Tom E. Miller' (10) 18 Restrain various customs war- rant (8) 20 Tutor went by horse, we're told, — along here? (9, hyphened) 21 Old charioteer left during the fighting (7)

25 New scare about Ulster poison (7)

27 Road's a meeting place (6) 28 French crew lost its head — it's terrible! (6) 29 Hit back at right angles (6) 32 Palindromic bastard-wing (5) 33 Lancashire area is polished, it's said (5)