Crossword 585

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 13 December. Entries to: Crossword 585, The Spec- tator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights are of a kind. 17 Down is in the OED but not in Chambers.

Name Address ACROSS

I University teacher grammar (5)

4 Persian rulers cruelly assassinated, without having had a meal (9) 12 He's last, hopeless — deficient head-wise (7) 14 Agricultural machinery demon- strated by father-in-law, ner- vously (5) 15 Kind of fund for concealing endless passion in silence? (5) 16 Small, cosy and punctual (6) 22 Displayed beer, it's 'black and tan,' hairy ... (8) 23 ... its flavouring — excessive! (7, hyphened) 24 Strain to recall stories (4) 25 Typists, perhaps, accounting for third of applications from thousands filed (4) 27 Being tiaraed extravagantly makes you shine (7) 29 Making an effort to recover cat caught in loch (8) 32 It goes badly for Sir Willoughby, perhaps ... (6) 34 suppose Sir James got wrong! (5) 35 Fully qualified, yet liable to seen round Department Employment (5) 40 Repugnant foreigner (5) DOWN 2 Doone adapted for audiences here? (5) 3 — the gallows: are its victims' souls my concern? (6) 4 We bathe, study hard, and prepare a meal (7) 5 They drive off, making crasser mistake (7) 6 King's favourite bird (5) 8 Scarf seen on airline hostess's head in wine upset Senora

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19 Narcotic made from catminiii0) ethane-nitrogen compound.„sbeel 20 tThhyeapxthyle worker can fix " (9, se n egclo)

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26 Shell causes collapse 01 28 Disinfection of a snake iodine and sulphur (7) le of art

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