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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 September. Entries to: Crossword 1022, The Spectator 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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All solutions and lights have a common characteristic which facilitates ascertainment of the unclued I ghts (all in Chambers) and obviates otherwise possible alternatives.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Interpretations amongst diffe- rent sexes, say, out East (8) 5 Drawing 20 from this for a floa- ter (6) 9 Growth of point to 4 and most of 38 (6-4) 17 One bird concerned with another (5) 22 Not formerly notes for avengers

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24 Musical aid of note — possibly P-Celt, originally (7) 25 A scarecrow back in Town (5) 26 Cut out the man who's married

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28 Could be 30 ringing right rings

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31 A severer form of. . (7) 33 . . . respects 7 heartlessly seems put out about (7) 37 Rope's made from these? (5) 39 Clothes 36 with heartless 20 (6) 41 Appendages in want of one in pressing necessities (10) 42 Hydrocarbon got from 16 (6) 43 They may cause irritation but they make their points (8) DOWN 1 Earthworks (13) 2 Number 3, perhaps (5) 3 Records the same without the vowels (6) 6 Set to catch fish, 4 is in a state!

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7 Of an excentric shape? (6) 8 Cash incentive indecently dis- played (4) 10 Sound lecturer, Thatcher! (6) 11 7 appears upset about an upside down honey of a rangefinder (9) 12 Goosery? Oscitancy! (13) 13 Delays formerly always hidden from such creatures? (8) 15 Culls the French or Spanish in- sects (7) 19 Signal apparatus of note? Not so much, without old uncle in sup- port! (9) 21 He's still to be found in Chapel 23 egents? Could be rulers! (7)

27 Many a soldier's haunt of vice in Chinatown (7)

29 An ancient ascetic was not in support of actual existence (6) 30 In a way is the same, in short, without growth (6) 32 Thoroughly examined and tre- ated (6) 34 Press close to making boob in the Home Counties (5) 35 Write off half a cent? That's chicken-feed! (5)