6 MAY 1989, Page 42

CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary (ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 22 May. Entries to: Crossword 907, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Two unclued l'ghts (ignoring two accents) together are described as the 3 of two further unclued lights wherefor a third couple of unclued lights together were later renowned. One other light is hyphened.

Name Address ACROSS

1 Many aside's a crack (5)

4 Quickly takes off trials (9) 9 Numbers 33 somehow among airborne troops (10)

11 Haggle quietly to modify (6)

14 Chance pinching an old goblet

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15Sandy's first were otherwise his 35 (5) 16 Was misery, to measure whalebone ( 22 Bless an old fool concealing one's fodder (8)

23 Lay about a prisoner, in short (7)

24 Way past food (4) 25 A queer sort of plant (4)

27 Wrongful possession owing to being occupied by heartless giant (7) 29 A guy without work about to finish off a drink (8)

32 In value a guinea, these animals? (6) 34 Mainly a good-for-nothing Yorkshire lass? (5) 35 See 15 (5) 36 Stayed in command in port (7) 37 He had time for growth (6) 38 First-born, once having edge, gone bust in depression (10) 39 Upset fashionable type (9) 40 A game performance (5)

DOWN 2 A pin-up, forest (5)

3 See note under square (6) 4 It followed a foreign soldier s fiddle (7)

5 A snake is without means of causing infection? (7)

7 Once distinguished nothin& royal about following George II & V (9) 8 Birds that are overweight (4) 13 Wine a number are unable to identify (7) 15 Body to meet round about 6 (6)

18 Nutters, these Scots lads? (7) 19 Turn sedate, perhaps, and soft- pedal (10) 20 Keep watch over a bird's 25 (9)

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Himalayan wild sheep (6) 9 26 Doctor left in terrible mess. These have faith, however (7.)

28 Urn, say, containing article made of clay (7) 30 Boss 10's workplace (6) 33 See 9 (5) 34 Surrealist staves producer (4) feature of a tropical

The solution to Crossword 904 is on page 44. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.