CROSSWORD
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 2 March, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1349, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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The same word could define every unc ued light. Elsewhere ignore an apostrophe.
Name Address ACROSS 1 Counsel saved institute in action (6) 5 Spot awful cheap tie (8) 10 Deutsch reviewed orchestric tune in folding seat (14, two words) 11 Hairstyle for a punk (4) 13 Ruler in Alberta, say (6) 16 Island without sun's in a very cold way (5) 19 Busy Tess designed medium minor structure (9) 20 Vergeless worm fence spoilt drive (7) 23 Township bores fresh navvies
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24 Forest almost burning (5) 25 Astronomer muddled Leo and pair from Hydra (5) 27 Deviation of zip pinching rector (8) 33 Farm stashes one handful of corn Jack plants (9) 37 Batter through hardwood (5) 38 Ate pithed cherry from Cyclades? (6) 39 Deer over in Pakistan (4) 40 Re blood suppliers, Dracula's voracity's down, the yen gone (14) 42 What Polly put on Pistol's skin?
(6) DOWN 1 Wonder at mad mad monkey (6) 3 Victoria absorbs sun and seaweed (5) 4 Scruple inhibits gentleman fortune-teller (6) 5 Block up deep holes (4) 6 Mad Lear, bereft, half gone only human (7) 7 Rash rash match ends in hasty divorce (7) 8 Androgyne wears millinery and dresses (6) 14 Release sailor over stern (8) 15 Bickering Pete and e.g., cross Alice like further words (12) 18 Pit that's economical, no company abandoned (8) 21 Slight bulge set Sian jogging (7) 22 Magnolias are about in fields (8) 26 Without even gloss (7) 28 Comply with humour (7) 29 Source of oil-nuts larval duo finishes off (6, hyphened) 31 Highly hot plugs flash (6) 32 Holding Viola's viola, say, „ (6) 36 , . opened a bit out of tune (4)
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