CROSSWORD

825: For Lorraine

by Jac

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 28 September. Entries to: Crossword 825, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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A 39 in 9, the subject of a 15D by the 11 of 13 and 40, one of the 7 of 30 and a 25 in 10. One light is of two words and one is hyphened. Ignore two accents.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Left in a pool in a depression

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4 Instrument, say, one Scots top cop found in a state (9) 12 A 'maker of men' as typified originally in Homer (7) 14 Castle 35 reconstructed (5) 15 Handsome old bully (5) 16 Yes, a poet without a horse (6) 22 Rarely tidal midstream, and smooth (8) 23 Falls back further ahead of Argentina (7) 24 11 needing a disreputable open- ing to make a Shakespearian wink (4) 27 All-in river-estate holder (7) 29 It's in a thrust for a fodder-plant

Irish ( Irish cop nicking Unionist de- migod (6)

34 Radical member of Alliance, a Liberal (5) 35 Sailor-like King in genial warmth (5) 36 Hill-training Party weapon (7) 37 10 & 24 pointlessly upset 25

38 (11) oppositionof bridge opponents first seen in a bar . . (10)

40 . . . even when in ferment (5) DOWN

1 Not a word! Abbey head's going about in tatty state! (10)

2 Jocelyn Pierston's well beloved cells (5) 3 Given a bearing, an indicator of Mecca's direction could be a Brahmin (6)

4 Watch-tower's star staff turn up gl)

5 asp a blackguard in time (7) 6 River River? Inca State! (5) 8 Court a Chambers' 39 (4) 13 Offend a Spanish female philo- sopher (7) 17 Without Scotsman being given thanks, revenue maybe rose (9) 18 One to behold in God's devoted

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19 . . . believer in 'nothing started, nothing finishes'? (10)

20 Material to Chaplin's make-up (9)

21 Very long-headed, according to Justice (6) 26 Roving about a Trading Centre is customary (7) 28 Follows only part of the Fleet, Lassie? (7) 31 Exemplary Peruvian birds (5)

33 Island snob dealt with on rising (5)

34 Beast a boat overturned (4) The solution to Crossword 822 is on page 52. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.