CROSSWORD 1074: v. 1071 10A by Doc
A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 14 September, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1074, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
The unclued across lights (one hyphened) are of a kind, as are the unclued down lights. Ignore an apostrophe. Chambers does not give 26.
Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS
10 Fashionable cases for Peruvian emperor (4)
14 Eggs in two varieties (3) 15 Empress sat around, moving backwards (8) 18 Batsman who's refused to work 19 ailiffs' birds (6) 22 Old whip of iron by a violin (6) 24 One up with father returning for support (5) 26 He's elated about rainbow trout (9, hyphened) 27 Fest is a carbonate (9) 29 Candle from church by river Garonne's edges (5) 31 In a jewelled head-dress, radiant, but not new, somehow (6) 34 Note sent round for opinions (6) 36 Wandering without a piece of jewellery (7) 38 Philosopher not getting on in company division (5) 39 TV viewer rebuilding oerlikon (8, hyphened) 40 Priest left in the East Indies (3) 42 At home, having not specified lodgings (4) 43 Bribe arranged in the garrets (12) DOWN 2 Not put off by one with some land in France and Germany (10) 3 Nest-egg gives way without French wine (7) 4 English with two articles was easy, once (5) 5 Sorbet men mixed for famous cook (9, two words, one an abbreviation) 6 Old monastic room for what sounds like a relative (6) 7 Canadian half-breed who per- sonifies prudence (5) 8 Livid but not able (4)
9 Rose ordained new passenger entrance (12, two words, one hyphened)
11 He compares Hebridean isle with a hill (8)
13 Could this be the reason for clubs' fine twice, maybe, during one year? (12)
16 Suggestive of the isle's weather 20 eartless naval battle for ragout
2)
(6) 28 Magistrate suggesting bridge (7) 30 Almost universal groups (6) 32 Argument in favour of starting probation (3) 33 Small farm going up in rent, for certain (5) 35 Fish right away from cut (5) 37 Bitter drug arising from gamb- ling game, see! (4)
Solution to 1071: Tit for tat
The unclued lights are examp es of Cockney rhyming slang (with mean- ings).
First prize: Peter Brock, Old Bas- ing, Hants; Runners-up: G. H. Cowan, Ruislip, Middx; Jeremy Nicholls, Berlin.
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