CROSSWORD 1102: Chuck steak by Columba
A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 13 April, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1102, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
One unclued l'ght (a so ution to the t' tle) is the source of the other seven, one of which is a four words, one of three words, and one of two words. Elsewhere, one clue contains another hint to the identity of the source.
Name Address ACROSS 11 In Valhalla nothing's plain (5) 12 Heavy metal act first (4) 13 Old fly drug (5) 14 A tramp's rough navigational aid? (7, hyphened) 15 Commiserate with Amish types in trouble (10) 17 Sound of large rasp (5)
21 Ring duck, European bird (6)
23 Sanction car makers (4) 26 Unionist in stiffly formal feast
(5)
28 Look round fish pool (4) 30 Antelope backed up, not softly — note hoof (6) 36 Serf grinding teeth (5) 38 Stuff that's ribbed, heckled, in- cluding Corinthians? (10) 39 Glossy covers showing celebrity in the Spanish sun (7)
40 Fifth country house, not the last (5)
41 Frenzied cry of first woman embracing love (4) DOWN 1 Consideration admitting fun's let loose on Sabbath (14) 2 Inscription (mine in water) on sides of plinth? (7) 3 Bit of rust-fungus about crumb- ling sculpture (10, hyphened) 4 Pulp Year One manuscripts (6) 5 Anonymous friend elevated the soul (5) 6 One off diet longed to be free from care (8) 7 Newspaper battled badly — edi- tor lost (5) 9 Excellently in tune, Presley rocking enthrals millions (14) 10 Fasten box (4) 16 South Hawaiian dish left to go bad (5) 18 Against worker with ego (4) 19 Scene of trial run you once entered (10, hyphened) 22 Row born in madness (5) 25 Viola? Get her to leave com- pletely (4) 29 Heard oddest inquirer (7) 32 Space in machine stirred Gagar- in's heart quietly (6) 33 Cease to produce foliage (5) 34 Some forgettable, ephemeral signal (5) 35 Pulled along to marry (5) 37 Wait on incline (4)
Solution to 1099: Proper name Proper name: 28 CHARLIE — in which CHAR = 2 cuppa, 4A carbo- nise, 4D cleaner, 16 salmon; and LIE = 17 falsehood, 18 whopper, 20 fairy tale, 35 story.
First prize: Charlotte, Lady Reay, Melrose; Runners-up: Elizabeth Hogg, London SW13; Beatrix Mootham, Teddington, Middx.
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