CROSSWORD 943: Revolutionary by Doc

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 12 February. Entries to: Crossword 943, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights are of a kind. Ignore five accents.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Rook' service. ACROSS 8 Bury near Dundee, to some ex- tent (4) 11 Erase noughts, maybe, for a second attempt (12, two words) 12 Get artist source of coconut-oil V

16 Fat lying around belly, to start with? Could bet (4)

17 Money outstanding from back- street relationship? (5) 18 One who occupies the French bishop's throne (6) 23 Cartilages from broken toes re- moved from order (7) 24 Bird is in hide (6)

25 Stipplied, treated and satisfied 27Love craze embracing relatives 11)

alike (7, three words) 33 State is being supported by prayer (6) 34 Flower I've seen in car (5) 35 She outlived Henry Fish (4) 37 One did Without one, on reflection glandular tissue (7) 38 Scots offer including pound coin

V) 39 hilips has to re-build 85 Ugan- da during the Falklands War (12, two words)

40 Great Italian relative (4) 41 Cotton gains around boundary of Ecuador (8) DOWN

1 Spot with or without tip of black (6) 2 This was sufficient a moment ago in Scotland (4)

3 Force square lock (6) 4 It's turned when ignoring abso- lutely endless alarm (7, two words) 5 Gold ring that's perfectly reasonable about study of moun- tains (10) 6 Zoroastrians unusually sub- merge, mile out (7) 8 Compound in the Marches terri- tory (5) 9 All the others embracing coach and reserve (9) 10 Engine's sunwise motion, is heard (6) 13 Staff play about rural life (8) 15 Flowers first grown by church- men increased in price (11, hyphened) 19 Paint around upper half of loft that's lacking contrast (10) 20 Shakespeare s annulled without a loving touch (8) 26 Tailless bird seen around con- stant tube at gas-works (7, hyphened) 29 Personal assistant called for knife (6) 31 Unfit clubs entering to sit Cain' bridge MA degree (6) 32 Projection upsetting group of performers (5) 36 Ballet movement and line in book of rules (4)