CROSSWORD 1379: Who got rhythm? by Ascot

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 28 September, with two run- ners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1379, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address ACROSS 11 Old rustic has help, mostly, working (5) 12 Dressed finely in black? Not refined (4) 13 Brownish-yellow fish, no pike

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14 Strumpet to start operating in tent (7) 15 Show misgivings initially about water pressure in sewer (10) 17 Foolish marshal holding both ends of rod (5) 20 One may be between posts in Bury match (8) 21 Excited women with weapons (6) 23 What printers use in Kansas (4) 27 One chap grips one violently (5) 28 Old slave seen off (4) 30 One who knows fish (6) 31 Write about a sage upset about Bellerophon's mount (8) 36 Seaman holding crowd back with weapon (5, hyphened) 38 The same old story about round robin (10) 39 Always set out with the height of ambition (7) 40 On the way back United supporters can cause chaos (5) 41 Old favour young, mostly (4) 42 Wonderful spell (5) DOWN 2 This ship carried cargo, right?

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3 Name for bird driven wild piercing one insect (10) 4 Called eccentric type about college lecturer (6) 5 Marsh, one in backwater (5) 7 Old boy with broken toe, former statesman (5) 8 Letter from India about the French robot (5) 10 Type of duck, look, circling top of mast (4) 16 One helps to stabilise southern potassium mine (5) 19 Obstruct tribunal, independent (10) 22 Rouse one and go (5) 24 One overcoming nasty crisis with flowers (8) 25 Catch one in cap (4) 29 It looks like an artefact in gully, it's true (7)

33 Love a theatre company coming up with Fidelio? (5)

34 Container, tin with peg in it (5)

35 Desert island one is flying over (5)

37 Annoy some in scrum if fumbling (4)