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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 28 January. Entries to: Crossword 991, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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The unclued lights (including a plural form and a disregarded hyphen) are suggested, variously, by the title. Use alphabetical priority when entering 18D.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Gleam from greasy stuff coating pole (5) 9 Plant tore woolly, somehow (10, hyphened) 11 Liberal with frightening turlhing

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12 Silly little lad bandaged by doc- tor in chlirge (7) • 15 Hard puddles turned irito Mush in NY (5) • 16 Much-used lithium in a fbreign compound (6) , 21 Support US ball-players at tee (8) 22 Onlooker's excited, bowled over, in a state (7) 24 Drop in spree (4,) • 25 Nonsense about R. Liver's rack- et (4) 27 Niches with aluminium mould- ings (7) 28 See, storm's ruined lichen (8, hyphened) 34 S-curves in round letteis (5) 37 Warped teak or English timber (7, hyphened) 38 A pudding's returned, standing aside (5) 40 Man among live insects, huge creatures (9) 41 Mark off 50, counter (5) DOWN 2 Some earlier Neogene rib (6) 3 Essence of Orange role, maybe, in N. Ireland? (6) 4 Purges sects around East (6) 5 Mac's hollow, long cry (4) 6 Object for examination (7) 7 Jock's hoarse, ill over year (5) 8 Imp is hidden in subtle shade (8) 15 Southern belle's audible address (6) 17 Preoccupy troubled bosses (6) 20 Sessions covering Eastern genus of insects (6) 23 Hot? Install well-borer to supply water (8) 26 Fish in wreck (7) 29 Cancels bequests 'e's made wrongly (6) 30 Ear of maize: food, that is (6) 31 Fellow's snared by a Parisienne, ruined (6) 32 Length takes time in lake! (5) 36 Extra talkative in Ayr (4)