Crossword 579

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 1 November. Entries to: Crossword 579, The Spec- tator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The six-letter solutions are, like the unclued lights, of a kind and the re evant clues omit overall definitions. Ignore one accent and a hyphen.

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ACROSS I Bitch? Doxy! (5) 4 Steal a bird's clamp (9) 9 Group of recluses' cells, possibly — not right source of Laurel's family (10) 11 Chessman capturing king (6) 12 Endless energy, Blake's such delight (7)

14 Musical excerpt from Borodin's The Vital Flame (5)

16 A foreign streak round (6) 22 Don, to keep warm, put on too much paint? (8) 24 Struggle past bearing (4) 25 Trading Centre as well without bustle (4) 27 The solid part of a fat ear — in tins, maybe? (7) 29 Title, note, for one who's lowered in rank (8) 32 Display a large number within (6) 34 House-name that without withdrawal of heart of clue would be an unclued light (5) 35 Beer's a penny here? (5) 36 Coal-tar, product of untested tannery one left one in (7) 37 Very many turned sanc- timonious at first (6) 38 Heavy burdens may appear less with Milton about (10) 39 Intense turn back at a motor- way cafe (9) 40 Attracts attention as a sailor aboard (5) DOWN I Delay, as it were, describing record loss of hair (10)

2 Board of Franco-German ac- cord (5)

3 Take after one taking out an Indian bird (6) 4 In France, a ground grown biased (7) 5 Pair of aces? Time to change order! (7) 7 Frenchified bass-baritone gipsy — one with a degree (9) 8 Heartless native Australian drink (4) 10 One is upset, in a word, in any strong dislike (9) 15 Against work units out East (6) 17 Power-point concealed by one of limited intelligence for Spenser's consideration (9) 19 No makers of prison-blocks (10) 20 Hosts having hunters taking it to heart after time (9) 21 American lawyer shut up out- side (6) 26 Dynastic malison, perhaps (7) 28 Drunkard's tumble about on grass (7) 30 Wager about a moke (6) 33 Ancient city churchman above repute (5)