1089: Read all about it by Doc
A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on Thursday, 24 December, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Diction- ary) Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1089, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
The unclued lights (six of two words), individually or in pairs, are of a kind familiar to readers.
Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 10 Assault Coe, maybe, becoming hopeless endeavour (10, three words) 14 Cruel, like familiar associates (6) 17 Laugh about the middle of the week (5) 18 Buddhist novice is hot in frilly lace (5)
20 Dravidian language said to be from Commonwealth country (7)
21 Fisherman's way in Turkey (7) 23 Upright slab including record tower (7) 24 Blow caught bumpkin (5) 25 Could be means of identity (5) 27 Father's one of five to satirise (7) 30 European in almost sombre sur- roundings grants land to vassal
(7)
36 Where, in Scotland, heads of West Highland academies usual- ly relax (5) 37 Vulture from parts of Uruguay and Burundi (5) 38 Lord splendid with Spanish noblewoman inside (6) 39 Amphibians returning from deepest fens (4) 41 Back-pay for a heating vessel (4) DOWN 1 Scottish birds still seen in out- skirts of Peebles (5)
2 Anything over the border is at fault; central heating included (5)
3 Most recent US city trial (6) 4 It's reported he scoffs fine coffee
5 Manufactured nufactured cocaine of pelagic origin (7)
6 Customary low (6) 7 Philosopher having some bills of fare, in France (9) 9 He drove with care. Possibly, but went too far (11) 11 Girl with most of the seaweed makes money (6) 13 Spenser's name for lycee
in-
volved with exercise (7) 19 Wandering emu wasn't this bird (8, two words) 21 Vulgar defeat with faults from military obstacles (9, hyphened) 22 Ask about 24 sheets (7) 26 Racing driver's skill with Irish cooking (7) 28 Chemical substance on a long Persian carpet (6) 29 A short month's up; money com- ing sooner (6) 31 Deceives fans embracing Villa centre (6) 33 Leave love capital (5)
34 Cannot sugar give rise to zest'? (5) 35 Gold coin of the French jazz fan (5) Solution to 1086: Aschia The seven remaining unclued ights (11, 41A; 6, 13, 20, 29, 30D) are the Seven Churches in Asia as lis ed in Brewer and in Revelation (at 5D).
First prize: Ann Reekie, Seven- oaks, Kent; Runners-up: Mrs S. Jordan, Didcot, Oxon; Peter A. Tinsley, Leeds.
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