Crossword 619

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 22 August. Entries to: Crossword 619, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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ACROSS 11 Queen Elizabeth sailed in storm, balanced evenly (9) 12 Smelly bathing beach — none goes to front (4) 14 A river drowned valley, causing problem (6) 20 Nods head to direct one around

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21 Hunted, weakens round about end of chase (7) 24 Power cut in plants producing US vehicles (7) 25 Coarse-sounding fish (5) 26 Back track grey at Lanark (5) 28 Energy and vocal charms, bases for sermons? (7) 34 Tense finish (7) 40 Every one, we hear, gets increase as before (4) 41 1 feel ill piercing object in ex- plosive area (9, hyphened) 42 Dead weird Icelandic poems (4) DOWN 1 One adverse — on the other side (6) 2 Active, erysipelas became active (5) 3 Cavalryman's pen, reportedly (6) 4 Stale-smelling like fermenting wine (5) 6 One who forecasts strike gets steamed up (7) 7 This French standard waxy paste (6) 8 They'll probe depths with lens made to order (8) 10 Oh, 1 see most of plonk baffled wine experts (10) 13 Cleanse to prevent extremes of gangrene (7) 15 Obscure artist's penetrating eye (8)

18 Want preface to White Fang left in novel? (10)

19 Some say it's the day to gather in grief (8) 22 Slander with serpent tongue (7) 23 He's sure to recall pre-metric paper size (8) 27 They refuse liquor, it's said, in monkeys (7) 29 Where Albany's flowing oration became garbled? (7) 30 Where acres swell with spring grain? (6) 32 Red Sea turned green (6) 33 Cut groove in centre panel (6) 35 Fish in drunken revel (5) 36 Spiritual leader given to weeping audibly (5)