CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 for the first three correct solutions opened on 30 December. Entries to: Crossword 888, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (one of two words and two of two words clued otherwise than by definition) are of a kind. Whitaker l'sts all but three by name. 35D confirms 16's unchecked letters; elsewhere ignore an apostrophe.

Name Address ACROSS 8 Top mimic's unknown (4) 10 Baffle Northern Ireland about mass-meeting, as a whole (10) 12 Delays thematic residents (4) 14 Lump-sucker or maybe duck in 1D (6, hyphened) 17 Growing out of the garden at Easter-time (5) 18 Deck a leading lady (5) 20 One in charge of youngster re- turning old instrument (7) 21 Exclamation of praise to God, prophet and girl (7) 23 Harbour-boat's sprinkler (7) 24 Steals back to chair (5) 25 Ovett sent back old newts (5) /7 Runner losing head with love for muleteer (7) 30 Measures of ploughland and groups of cattle (7) 32 Stumped, having defects, we hear (7) 36 In Rome I see six with God for film (5) 37 Some keep left when returning for record (5) 38 Measure oil-well and grass field (6, hyphened) 39 People of Kerala or Iran, poss- ibly (4) 40 Not ill, rang off (10, two words) 41 Orthodox Muslim without one fibre (4) 42 Recent reports about Sandy's yew-trees (14, two words) DOWN 1 Chooses timber for land (5) 2 Broadcast athletic race (5) 3 Duck changing heads with another bird (6) 4 Charitable organisation's head- less seal (5) 5 Forays over the border extend to within Caithness's borders (7) 6 Formation of scar at end of consumption (6) 7 Yorkshire town's everything in, upsetting expresses (9) 11 The Spanish wait up for some- thing to eat? (6) 16 Victories beside golf course (11, two words) 21 With attention, fuel held out on 4th of July (9) 26 In France he comes in to supply subject (7) 28 Roach's relation with sign of hesitation for guiding principle (6) 29 Wild daisies in Scotland turn pale on square (6) 31 Gathers gale's blowing round North (6) 33 This Greek character is all mouth! (5) 34 Follow round priest for passage (5) 35 Controls one's loins (5) The solution to Crossw Dictionary prizes are sent out ord 885 is on page 52.

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