CROSSWORD

749: Winner takes all by Doc

A first prize of 120 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, price £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 1 April. Entries to: Crossword 749, The Spectator 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights are of a kind two each of one word, must be paired: the remainder each consist of at least two words.

Name Address CORRECTION TO CROSSWORD 748: In the last of the unnumbered clues 'pained' should be 'paired'. ACROSS 1 Bird having to catch out wander- ing herds, huddles in a mass (14, two words) 11 37 involved with weak final deci- sion (5) 12 A reserve without soft fruit (4) 13 Court's discussions (5) 14 Italian state for English ware (7) 17 Reversal of direction — no park- in the Rise (5, hyphened) 20 Disadvantaged South African was not coming round after Pentecost (8, hyphened) 21 An individual ring for an Adonis (6) 23 Performance rejecting the very best (4)

26 Attack in front of the cameras? (5) 27 Midnight is ritual time for Jews (5)

30 City monarch's delivery (6) 31 Group with subsidiary dynastic member (8)

36 Square, beside excellent porticos (5)

38 Number in gambling-house hav- ing a go for sun-worship (10) 39 Mournful one in gale whirling around in City (7) 40 Courage encountered by a Liberal (5) 42 Tin head-band (5) 43 Stuttering so, we dispelled such difficulties (14, hyphened) DOWN 2 Round round round (7) 4 Klaus disturbed one dog (6) 5 Credit charge (5) 7 Note a senior service's merits (5)

8 He got some stick in the Bible! (5)

9 It leads to shore, maybe, in Scotland (14, four words) 10 A wrong to right (4) 16 Bleak or bleat, anyhow (5) 18 Lay on a not so bright star (4)

22 Tearful mother from Ulster re- ceiving honour (5) 25 Sea-fish expressing its disgust?

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29 Measure of lens's power or pert- dot, perhaps (7)

32 posh palmt British surrounding 33 Quite neat (5)

34 Piou-piou's hairy namesake (5) 35 A whit upset by skin blemishes (5)

37 See 11(4)