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821: Weights and measures by Mass

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) together with a copy of the Collins Gem Crossword Dictionary for the first three correct solutions opened on 1 September. Entries to: Crossword 821, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL. (The national finals of the Collins Dictionary/The Times Crossword Cham- pionship 1987 take place on 6 September at the Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly. The public are welcome.)

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Half the clues are normal; the others each comprise a definition and a hidden jumble of the light. The unclued lights (two triads) include one of three words. The OED gives 5 Down.

Name Address ACROSS 9 Straight line with ruler (4) 11 One pulling draught — how he reels, totters! (10, hyphened) 13 Partake of a dram, we're told, to stimulate appetite (4) 15 SE has to check rainfall (6) 17 Home for Clio etc, first-class with nearly one acre (5) 18 Very like a 'monkey' (5) 20 Red lines in gauges (6) 21 Records measures, taking hem in (7) 23 Lifter's heaving weight, tremb- ling . . . (7) 24 . . . lifting t' weight in NY (5) 26 Thirty parcels transported (5) 28 Whales consumed, rolling in cc (water!) (7) 32 Ham to carve in pieces (7) 34 Drachm Arab allowed in Moor- ish palace (8) 36 Trim stone till weight's about right (5) 38 Short measure in drink, mate (5) 39 Instrument with twin bells (6, hyphened) 40 Once weigh over litre in vessel (4) 41 Carrot and cauliflower fill 'em, bushels of 'em (10) 42 US margarine — tonne, look (4) DOWN 2 Fortifications having breadth and spikes (5) 3 Twitches for seconds under ton- ne, unable to bear weight (6)

4 Point has mass — neutron (4)

5 Chaff, about a gram, for infusion (7, hyphened) 6 Weight hanging aloft dropped (7) 7 Pacific turbulence in Richter Scale (6) 8 Desired measure in refuse tip- ped up (6) 10 In world of low figures, mil or cm sounded apt (12) 16 Longer hours for those engaged in prelims (8) 19 Shift heaps and litres (8) 25 Weight includes odd great shape

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27 Coulomb too weak for bar? (7) 29 In their rate, c/s is irregular (7) 30 Large quantity of wine in ves- sel's washed ashore (6, two words) 31 From Cuba: rum, Havanas in exciting measure (6) 33 Drop on a bumper scale (6) 35 Difficult cracking six locks (5) 37 Seat holds a foursome (4)