CROSSWORD 795: Mss 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 2 March. Entries to: Crossword 795, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Each light clued without overall definition, when associated with the same unspecified word, describes an unclued light. Two normal lights are respectively of two and four words. Ignore hyphens.

Name Address 22 24 25 ACROSS 1 Painting in Kansas without pro- tection from water (8)

5 Taxi-driver second — first is not too good, however (6)

9 Nothing to be sorry for in return- ing a woman's sheath (10) 14 Coin or note (3) 16 Stick-at-home male serviceper- sons (6) 17 Once was called The Spanish Inn

18 5) _pecifically a monkey's drink (5) 20 Treated with skill and under control (7)

Yields tobacco (7) Sure touch in distinction (7) A trifle backward, one of Shakespeare's recruits is (5) 26 Infect with aspiration (5)

28 Tangle bridge partners somehow learn about (7) 33 Getting caught in Gran's round- about (7) 37 Just fair (5) 38 Given what for, having to leave, perhaps, for Shakespeare's river-bank (5) 39 Sort of hole to worry a supporter (6) 40 Newt-like back end (3)

41 Cut off part of lost alphabet (10) 42 Substance of pain (6) 43 Handed in late (8) DOWN 1 Inclined to impetuosity, one's heard, this sort (13) 2 Has carnal desire for relishes (5) 3 Bleaching vat's outlines (6) 4 Was not first, was next (5) 6 Curs in the Civil Service Queen conceals one (7) 8 Outright offer (4) 11 One plant inset had 8 (9) 13 Upset my ego, the devil, in a bar (8) 15 Are not found in a hamper (7) 21 They help make possible a change for 28 if Seb replaces the partners (8) 23 A shrub is low down to start with, climbing up at the end (7)

27 Worm out a tune a cad conceals (7)

29 Lump sheep raised under arm likewise (6) 30 Was furious about turning tail 32 resses one in flowers (6) 34 Growth of daily article (5) 35 Born before a sheep-tick (5) The solution to Crossword 792 is on page 53. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.