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A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 14 October. Entries to: Crossword 727, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights comprise two theme words and three associated words for each. Ignore an accent.

Name Address ACROSS 5 Skewered chunks of meat bake subtly at edges of barbecues (6) 9 Head office? Joint's faced with columns (10) 17 Track once made by amphibian around river (5) 18 One yen on account (5) 20 Eastern river in turmoil in a way (7, two words) 22 Stuff the French pipe (7) 24 Supplementary items for study in crazy Dada (7) 25 Tailless bird, US gull genus (5) 26 Unearth fiddle in hollow (5, two words) 28 Artist with odd slang for coats

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31 Animals from trap pulled back among spoils (7) 33 Nail we'd mishit just dropped (7, hyphened) 37 Whips hides (5) 38 Mushroom caps one after nuc- lear device (5) 39 To mitigate in case, two mea- sures are needed (6) 40 Article, essay of yore (3) 42 Bootless, unleashing hounds (6) 43 . . . for courses — rats reported (8) DOWN 1 With garbled Latin I dispute, express truism (13) 2 Dash? Over-large wainscots (5)

3 They say press editor's required (6)

4 Fibre caught in wristlet (5) 6 Living close to the earth, English sow ploughed lea (7) 7 One took exam without ques- tion, resting on hams (6) 10 Rowdy — Ted — blinded (6) 11 Language flowed among Eastern poets vaguely (9) 12 Noisy set, pests, disrupted court (13, two words) 13 Shoot including wort entangled part of antler (8, hyphened)

15 Set of Spectators right in prin- ter's tray? (7)

19 Pithy food severed by blunt edge of knife (9) 23 Nausea makes Mum idle, we hear (7) 27 Medicine to set old boy up (7) 29 A king obstinate in zeal (6) 30 Quick steps initially in reels (6) 32 Makes returns, always pocketed by salesmen (6) 35 Platform where members sit and speak (5)

The solution to Crossword 724 is on page 42. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.