CROSSWORD
1485: Supernumerary by Columba
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 30 October, 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 1485, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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In each c ue, the subsidiary ind'cation leads to the light plus an extra letter at the front. These extras spell out a nine-word quotation (uttered by the 8 in a 20, during a 30D) expressing a notion which the other unclued lights corroborate. Brewer, in an entry referring to these unclued lights, gives the quotation.
Name Address ACROSS 12 I'm one poor tailor — one content initially with irregular holes (10) 13 Dining-hall, loud, in restaurant by railway (6) 14 European against breaking familiar organised system (7) 18 Moves in skiing race by performer in Iceland (9, two words) 19 Horseman just behind carriage retained by emperor (9) 21 Stop boat, in middle of lake, turning (4) 24 Polished stone, round and strong 27 Outlaw group within reach (6) 29 Observe, by tree, snowman (4) 30 Tirade about British diet (4) 32 Blind alleys enclosed large number in revolution — about 100 (9, two hyphens) 34 Governor, with appeal in the newspaper, intended to thwart crime (9) 37 Concise style, one shown by icons fashioned in wood (8) 38 Three scrambled to fill seat, one having been ejected from that (7) 39 Set to work as before (after taking day off) around vessel (6, two words) 40 Trouble about bad tune a boy turned out (10) 41 DOWN King in repose, formerly (4) 1 Deflects rage? Father does (8) 2 Spies receiving nothing about latest in nuclear defence? (6, two words) 3 Hands man required to hold drink — port (5) 4 Gentlemen demolished dream- er's tale about advanced tropical plants (14, two words) 5 About to dine woozily, oiled (7) 7 Plenty developing US had to turn to in New Hampshire (14, three words) 9 Row about company image (4) 10 Hostility over accepting new deities (6)
11 Grey, once certainly among leaders in important Goodwood race, yielding (6)
16 Waitress, ignoring one, occu- pied by thoroughly conceited young man (5) 17 Bishop volunteers book on soul
22 F(4 antastic Chinese response (5) 25 Pain, training in estuary (4)
28 Law's expounder starts to fancy another lifestyle, almost ascetic 31 Active tive in island before rest (6) 33 Novelist worried about us (6) 35 Rector in row (male) against a thing (5, two words) 36 Dame with leading pair of esteemed workers? (4)
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