CROSSWORD
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 20 July, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1369, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Three unclued lights combine to form a line (in the ODQ from 14's'4 7A'. Each of the other unclued lights can be found fol owing 4 elsewhere in the same quotation. Four lights are of two or more words; one of them includes an initial.
Name Address ACROSS
1 Naughtier outside broadcast wildly cynical? (11, hyphened)
11 Vehicle with clear permit (6) 13 Connection with America is filling one with pride? (7) 15 Low cloudy mass (5) 16 Company wrapping up crucial unfinished shooting (5) 18 Irritable as a result of never trapping king (5) 20 Nothing escapes cats, thoughtful types (6) 21 Jostle to get centre forward down (5) 22 As a substitute, start on edge and sit fearfully (7) 27 Noble decoration in lower part of pavilion (7) 29 Redcap, in snare, called no longer (5) 30 Novel sin? Not in Catholics (6) 32 Sad agent's maxim (5) 36 Look to enter opening dance (5) 37 Appropriate times to follow queen (5) 38 Courtesan man supplied with fancy tiara (7)
39 Inn, New York one (6) 41 Taxis form rank? (11)
DOWN 1 Anglers used to be around rustic inn a lot (10) 2 Stomach due to settle again (8) 3 Faltering, undisciplined units fled (9) 5 Smell anger (7) 6 Heavenly present in gold, say, first given up (8) 7 Cold fish (5) 8 Binding soft foot up (4) 9 Squabble during lunch (6) 10 Fruit-tree pierced by head of inaccurate javelin (5) 12 Line about origin of youngster? Grand one's in USA (6) 23 Mexican guard, army with room and time (8) 24 What's for use when playing less loudly, muffling noise? (8) 25 Speaker's tot? French wine (6) 26 One making most of pick on rocky height (7) 28 Old cheats exhibit ersatz hoards (6) 31 Flattery distracted Argus (5) 35 Journey made by a pair of jays, sustaining height (4)
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