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A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 7 January. Entries to: Crossword 989, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LL.

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8 Care for a change? Land here! 10 '1.1-)eate 'trouble about black blend of tea, so no leaves! (10)

17 Association good Scots money goes in (5)

18 City wherein Little Women are Spenser's Topless Four (5)

20 Sadden, once a doublet is not left out? (7) 21 Fits performers' approaches (7) 23 Round Ulster sometime it's vivid

24 V) See 5 (5)

25 The haughtiness of a drip out East (5) 27 Things to be specially observed in 37 are red-caps (7) 30 Invokes Shakespearian daughter in Spenser's arms (7) 32 A flirt among soldiers creating a fuss in India (7) 36 Surpass four zero, say, in Nero's day (5) 37 Many are entrapped by such craft (5) 39 Ruthlessly cut down (4) 40 That which sours an ale an uncle takes in, right? (10) DOWN 1 Measure an upstart's engaged in? (5) 2 A golden-crested piece's regular beat? (5) 3 Turn, say, of a force of Druses

4 trt up one of a matching pair (5)

5 Musical passages from 20 with a different 24 (7) 6 One's a bay — West Africa's one and one's in a river in Hawaii (6) 7 Atomic constituents for instance found in hydrated carbonate of sodium and sulphur (9) 9 Meet in opposition to evangel- ist's security-orientated identi- fication (11) 13 Chap engaged in raising Channel Island monsters (7) 15 Architectural feature of a museum King Edward appears in with Henry (8) 16 Like a prophetic French physi- cian's mascot — Indra, perhaps? (11) 19 Once bound to pass quickly (8) 21 A hors d'oeuvre is safe to go without when it's father's turn to start (9) 26 Cuts out former parties (7) 28 For a cleric, mainly sanctuary for Jews (6) 29 Microscopic animalcule vitamins found in an old bird . . . (6) 31 . . . non-resident and no longer a flyer (6)

33 A bird out East? True! (5)

34 Ritual slaughter of initially heavenly twins (5) 35 A point-to-point's point (5)