CROSSWORD
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 20 March, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary). Entries to: Crossword 1453, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Words all of a kind (one triply hyphened) have been re arranged to form the unclued lights (one of two words). Elsewhere ignore an accent.
Name Address ACROSS 6 Call together old party in revolt (6, two words) 11 Sceptical friend secures barrel near still (10) 13 Strip shows cooler fellow avoids 16 Horse disease no good if advanced (5) 17 Spinner that's positive in portentous over (7) 18 Steep, cobbled road united America (7) 19 Noiseless bats making deadlier predators? (9) 22 Pastrycook's bill (3) 23 Bribe smear almost aged one (6) 24 Plate of corn (6) 26 New clogs in fashion house (3) 32 Wounded marine Democrat hugged (7) 33 Divine in quest of English bishopric (7) 35 Nimble bay (5) 37 Girl's elusive, ignoring two letters
38 C(5 limbers are shielding poor Alice trapped by rock (10) 39 Ill-will, being married for time?
(6) 40 Skimpy garment is normal uniform (8) DOWN
1 Charlie P playing with class band that's brilliant (14, two words)
2 U-shaped stage musical's on (7) 3 Napping, being a tortoise? (7) 4 Twisted man went astray (6) 5 Vamp tailed father (4)
7 Fast warship a hand scuppered (8)
8 Exhibition buff (slim) goes out jogging (11) 9 Variable dancing quean, and dull at heart (7) 10 Fairies have depression, missing universal mortality (14) 15 Rows of topless towers (4) 21 Impressive draw outsiders extracted (4) 22 Lord's right role old autocrat overlooks (8) 25 Fat and round Liberal lounged about (7) 27 Bargee keeping noon for prayer? (7) 29 Maybe no doctor cut nurse (5) 30 Sin? Divine Benedict must be gutted (4) 31 Greek sprig grandchild upset (6) 34 Rings pronounced in trees (4)
Solution to 1450: Quotation II
The perimeter quote 'THERE IS NO EVIL IN THE ATOM; ONLY IN MEN'S sours' was made by ADLAI E(wing) STEVENSON (b. 5 February 1900), an American DEMOCRATIC (3) PouncIAN (15).
First prize: J. Coleby, Flintshire. Runners-up: Mrs A.D. Gill, Surrey; Keith S. Burton, North Yorkshire.
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