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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 (please, no photocopies) opened on 2 December. Entries to: Crossword 1035, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (two of three words), and 8, and 25 + 35, which are clued without definition, are all of a kind.

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ACROSS 1 Weapon's precursor (11, hyphened) 7 Discharge from irregular com- mitments (3) 11 Pity about `Ring' recording being rejected on the continent (6) 13 Set upon, by a new infirmary (7, hyphened) 15 Military forces returning with no love for cricket (5) 16 Long established rights of heart- less escorts (5) 20 He receives a wage-packet that's slightly shady (6) 21 Old step, one away from 12 (5) 22 Indicated refusal during act (7) 27 Heraldic device showing exorcist embracing deputy lieutenant (7) 29 Age-group? (5) 30 Gold's the same in live chemical compound (6) 32 Breaks stumps, it's said (5) 36 Author's name in measure (5) 37 Modesty becomes excellent par- ties (5) 39 Thing of substance (6) 40 More than that, it's only semi- annual (3) DOWN 1 Possible result of involving DCM with 2, right away (10) 2 See 1 down (8) 3 Show sign of life, turning to hibernate (9) 5 Sightseers changing resort about 2nd of August (7) 6 Make amends for couple in rush (8) 7 Round — or, at most, 15 of them? (5) 8 Complaints about technical school heads (4) 9 Timber cart that is for sporting attendant (6)

10 Some task I ventured to evade (5)

14 Recorder, engineers, doctor and forest officer exchanging notes (12) 19 Measure spell in the middle (10) 21 Man's greed upsetting police (9)

24 Town with long thoroughfare by polling centre (8)

25 & 35 Aristocratic address with- out a member of the aristocracy (10, three words) 26 Strange habits about new liqueur (7) 28 Standard raised until inside vessel (6) 31 Never–changing garden plots (5) 33 Inter alia, idyllic reflection of girl (5) 35 See 25 (4)