CROSSWORD
A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 22 February. Entries to: Crossword 844, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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The other nine unclued lights (whose barred and se f-checking letters yield RUM PRESSMAN'D SCRAPPED) are all in Cham- bers and are anagrams of words suggested by 1D and/or 12. Disregard four hyphens.
Name Address ACROSS 1 Despot's vehicle, almost a wreck? (8) 5 Finches quietly nesting in swallow-holes (6) 9 Unattached operator, bold at dance no end (10) 14 Fan's interminable murmur (3) 16 Beer I'm brewing in vessel (6) 18 Turn of phrase finally with drink — metaphor, perhaps (5)
20 Local one, old indeed, shows
lack of trust (7) 22 Loose treadle: gave warning (7) 25 Pitch forward in sound (5) 28 African office in state (7) 31 Street players messing up kerbs round America (7)
33 Gathers editor's taken for a ride finally? (7) 37 Tease out bristles (5)
38 Tree round East, one yielding resin (5)
39 Excelled abroad, thrived (6) 40 Letter's length (3) 41 Festivals could be all I care about at college (10)
43 Ensnare with meshy net, having hour to get the lot (8) See preamble (13, three words) Child inside still up, irritable (5) Nearly time for recess (6) Bet king's in grotto (5) Tests old iron, pokes around (7) Intellectual getting up to quote Old Norse (6)
The best pan's used for this? (9) See preamble (13)
Fable has explorer in a fit (8) Scratches from courses (7) Unrestricted traffic? After red changes, everyone starts (9) Toys wi' t' anagrams, having lost a letter (8) Stalkless English flowers, climb- in (7)
Rug ddy head's a bent grass! (6) Vulgar newspaper quotation (6) Ring a girl (5)
Some set-up involving Indian (4) 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 13 15 19 21 27 29 30 35 36 DOWN 1 The solution to Crossword 841 is on page 43. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.
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