Crossword 688

Prize: £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, 1983 edition, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first correct solution opened on 7 January. Entries to: Crossword 688, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights are of a kind.

Name Address ACROSS 5 Bird, very large, hunted animal (6) 9 Fauna from lea in a'film (10, two words) 14 and 36 Steer and unknown sailor made chemical compound (7, hyphened)

18 Characteristic of hefty pickets (5)

20 Raises a purser manipulated (7) 22 Flower from liberated land, endlessly (7) 25 Reach church and start back (5) 26 This yarn suggests Liberal insularity (5) 28 Does harm to most distant regions (7) 31 Mournful one in gale whirling around in City (7)

33 Come safely through the war breaking out East (7)

37 Beverages which contain love-drug (5) 38 Stay or stayed (5) 39 Prey artist has to long for (6) 40 Beat back in 9 (3) 41 Unavailable from subject, name unknown (10, three words) 42 Saunter along street and swagger (6) DOWN

1 General servant from a fa,rfil with wild look (13, four woeus)

2 Spanish wine from city. Yes --- in Germany (5) 6 Take in walrus-chough• hyphened)

7 Opening a lease first produced hire-charge (6)

8 Nearly exact (4)

10 Strongly criticise rascal \with new gun (6) 12 Means of payment through annoyed European, we Ile– (13, two words)

13 Ruhr disturbed

excavation of agate (8) during 15 Dorrit's making harsh sound ( ulp) 19 sOtnoenesoArgte (9) 23from t"" 23 Eternally young, with shakY sea'

legs (7)

27 Ordinary alcohol from Athlone 29 Game f chance with isl° (7) me fellows at a distance (6, words)

32 Division of Turkey

rejected permit (6) alwaYs 36 s 4 Artist lzt tistabout to devour rope (5) 3

The solution to Crossword 685 is on page 43. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the `Post-a-Book' service.