Crossword 652

Prize: £10 — or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, 1983 edition (ring the word 'Dictionary' under name and address) — for the first correct solution opened on 24 April. Entries to: Crossword 652, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights, two of which are hyphened, have something in common.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-n-Book' service. ACROSS I Writer scrawled notes on a Greek letter in Greek St. (13) 10 Heron accordingly hides audible noise of duck (7) 11 Butter substitute? It's the reverse of, say, butter (5) 13 The old discuss endlessly about one that was unfit (6) 15 Tablet swallowed in haste: lethal

Eggs E (5ggs on Lancashire's opener in cricket ground (4)

19 Subdue Scottish revolutionary about start of uprising (7) 20 The sounds of Bow Bells? They're ominous (7) 22 You need sea-legs when tossed about, constantly green (7) 23 Book remains in sitting-room for a month (5) 24 Prophet imbibing litre spins and totters (5) 26 Bolting a portion (without starter) when empty inside? (7) 29 Female entertainer being out of practice about end of June (7) 30 Close shave overhead for radio girl? (7, hyphened) 34 Cells a scientist first reveals (4) 35 Oil used to make warm pie, with crusts cut off (5) 37 A French nude facing the sun? That's the Frogs for you (5) 38 Admit getting drunk: there's discomfort here? (7) 39 They feed baby princes in river on Sabbath (7) 40 How, if uses keep changing, is Scotswoman's position estab- lished? (13) DOWN 1 Poor actors standing up round front of stage fail (5) 2 Confine the setter in new building (5)

3 Sheath round irrdou(n5)d dagger shortened 5 Hmooaraxnest end of 4 Sratecewaord) s split up about 25 Shirkers coiling

17 q 9 Scrap hospital op: inconiPlete 6 Seen on cliff: the tailless Or- Take one if in a tizzy? (7) ,,,b

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