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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 30 April. Entries to: Crossword 954, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Each unclued across light is closely associated with an unclued down one.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 5 Compensate for not being shot (6) 9 Could be pill or acid concerned with killing off of offspring (10) 14 A wanton prank (3) 16 One boasting of apublic utility undertaking fraud (6) 18 Stir up trouble about us? Hog- wash! (5) 22 Wash-out left creating a scene ) 24in legant guy, given leave, turns (7) 25 Foreign relative painter of papal dignity (5) 26 God some believers mind raising Cain (5) 28 Merit receiving article made of clay (7) 31 Is, in the Cotton State, jolly warm (7) 33 A singular purposeful procedure concerning lack of order (7) 37 A foreign city's peculiar charm

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about a river possibly being 34 (6) 40 Joyful cries of curiosity (3) 41 In setback, to me, a sign of fish (10) 42 Bird-dog (6) 43 Burnt out underlay in a teleprin- ter (8) DOWN

1 Edition of topical daily circulat- ing clubs that's by way of abso- lute demonstration (13)

2 Purposive behaviour of the Right in the House? (5) 3 Inlying mixture of substances that's a less unknown inlying mixture (6) 4 Scots supplement to or for repre- sentation (5) 6 Dupe allowed accommodation

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7 Quit about a month back, be- hold! (6) 8 Was sufficient a moment ago (4) 10 A bit of a raspberry, say, for a plump stony-hearted type on the Left? (6) 11 Fruit-trees well to rest midst bitter vetch (9) 12 Not accepted as a temp (13) 13 Feature of dirigible everyone's willing to wager about (8) 27 She's a leading actress to note 29 are reception from current

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electrical device (6) 30 A heap of sausage'? (6) 32 Eternity is, to a man's initial adoption of drag (6) 34 She s a proper caution (5) 35 Befool like a fool as it were (5) 36 Capital plant? Capital! (4)