CROSSWORD
1235: Short and curlies by Ascot
A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1989 Port for the first correct solution opened on 27 November, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1235, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
The unclued lights are related. Brewer (1981) gives 22A.
Name Address ACROSS 11 Mistakenly arrest Phil about it, I quibble (12, hyphened) 12 Some of that tarragon and fragrant oil (5) 14 Cap worn by priest in tribe abroad — leader of this one (7) 16 One fled country (4) 17 Warning of danger from America about Libya (5) 18 Clash with society, the elite (6) 22 Stand distressed for Mac in frontier cemetery (8, hyphened) 24 Thus embraces little girl returning from e.g. Bulgaria (6) 27 A mother with sex appeal English nudist (7) 33 Only two learners behind counter (6) 34 Ancient city with small islands round about (5)
37 Baboon drops one pound in bar (7)
39 French teacher forced one in river (11) 40 Brushwood over island (4) DOWN Anyone that has two bats (6) 2 Curse coming from Croat here (4) 4 Tiny boy enthralled by precious stone, the best (7) 5 Stop and ring one supporting girl (10) 6 Strong drinks made from nettles with drop of ouzo in (7) 7 Prudish heterosexual reportedly thrashed (11, hyphened) S Plunders old fortified houses (5) 9 Mineral obtained from it later on possibly (9)\ 10 Old flame, Eastern, turns up in glossy coat (6) 13 Name in America for Roman god (8) 15 Fake, square playing cards (11) 19 Race meeting in Russia — stay cool somehow astride one (10, two words) 20 Share with Diana endless things to be seen (8) 21 Who's importing the French beer on a large scale? (9) 28 Edward turning up holding club gets black mark (7( 29 Countryman captures me, a kangaroo (6) 30 Debater arrived carrying viol (6) 31 Argillaceous? Yes, in odd parts of Colby (6) 32 King married girl on Sunday (5) 36 Fish lake in vain (4)
Solution to 1232: 21/10
Four unclued lights formed the sig- nal to the fleet from ADMIRAL NELSON (22 14), on his flagship VICTORY (30), before THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (21D 10).
First prize: D. B. Williams, Brussels, Belgium. Runners-up: Mrs. S. Macintosh, Darlington; Christopher Esson, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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