CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictipnary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 30 June. Entries to: Crossword 762, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued lights, and two others clued without definitions, are of a kind. Ignore two hyphens,

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7 Bird'splaited frilling he's re- moved (3)

11 One forms colloidal solution in spirits (6) 13 A period with unruly type, in a tizzy (7) 15 It measures lotion for eye (5) 16 Flattering? What sauce about a president! (5) 17 Disciples of Alexandrian theolo- gian air points (6)

18 Fashionable sandy rise over bay (5)

20 Bright pike, not gutted (6) 21 Fun and laughter in Scottish isle

5)

22 tudy fitting, adjust again (7) 27 Man back around part of Orange Free State (7) 29 Talk twaddle with quiet manner

5)

32 kulk quietly after Amerind (5) 34 Who loaned, moved by blitz? (6) 36 Concealed beef, about pound 37

Opening piece, Beethoven's last trio, bungled (5) 40 Shave off man's head and beard (3)

41 Prime? Second forms of nutri- tive tissue (11) DOWN

2 Fancy pigeon I stir in watch- tower (8) 3 Become thin, a r-round figure? For all to see, consumed (9)

4 Uterine inflammation, in time, sorted out (12)

5 Postponement granted — earlier leisure (7) 6 Fruit-tree trained on stakes pears lie scattered (8) 7 For Milton, early esteem in- cludes piece of Hazlitt (5)

8 A couple of horses, neither finishing (4) 9 Tries English vehicle (6) 12 Flighty, heartless, wayward and obscene (6) 14 Society isn't above money — is this good man? (12, two words) 19 A girl turned up ring in a clip, possibly primeval (10) 21 Fantastic cavern above a dale, we hear (9) 24 I, in spasm, misapplied mustard- plaster (8) 25 Mysterious Arabic stick (6) 26 Sue carried in simple addition 28 lye primer to Head of Eton (6) 31 Bone found in ancient city (5) 35 Smart Alick — but no wag, according to Jock (4)