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A first prize of CO 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 5 March. Entries to: Crossword 946, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued I ghts (five of two words), individually or when correctly paired, are of a kind.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. 1 Tooth expert upsetting Dorothy Sitton, heartlessly (12) 9 10 Division of county from Argenti-the paper (6) 14 Rush or wicker basket (3) carried (6) pendent existence (8) ently (10) 22 Isolated pillar nearly like a French (8) 24 Top airmen without mark are cannabis (6) the tops! (5) 32 See 42 (3) ing astral movement (9, of New York for tenor (5)

27 Extraction of English men in (5)

English Channel (9) 37 Bird's second moult (4) 29 Add up almost everything. Yes!

34 ) lummery Spenser took during emergency (6) 36 Salt from 'Timor Sea' take-away 38 bread of the so-called vegetable caterpillar (5) 39 Bird rejecting buttons in kind (8) 40 Half of clover was, likewise (3) 42 32 embracing 'Sun' girl (4) 43 Surgeon admitting revised titles for young relation (12, two words).

DOWN 3 Armed robber is first in here, maybe (7)

4 Habitual drunkard and pick- pocket — that will do! (5)

5 Love affrays including race for food (9) , 6 Black guillemot or tit? Yes! (6) 7 Boats with fruit on board (5) 8 Inflammation seen during last year (4) 11 Computer information making priest very enthusiastic about do (8, hyphened)

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olumns the Spanish placed in na and Peru (4) 20 Sponges on which hawks may be tinue quoting, on reflection (6) 25 Stupid thoughts about the triangular sail (6) 30 Stew obtained dishoneitly with hyphened) 35 Editor points out requirements