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972: And, in other words. . . by Jac 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 opened on 3 September. Entries to: Crossword 972, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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ACROSS 1 Units a United States deb's with- out (5) 4 Copy one in favour's about to cut down (9) 9 One chap in turn points out fruit (10) 11 Way a sailor shows ability to raise pity (6) 12 Stones used for catching fish? (7) 14 After a king now dead (5) 15 A prop for Old Glory (5) 16 Network bearing hydrocarbon (6) ' 22 Sly fellows' cunning in making films (8) 23 Customers taking fl in Amer- ican money (7) 24 Is, to Scots eyes, learned (4) 25 A group into religious instruc- tion (4) 27 Barren sort of islet a rare metal's found in (7) 29 Con bearing a six-shooter, note (8) 32 A virginal heart would, one hears, that's suited to a T (6) 34 A slip of a bird (5) 35 County sheriff, this man (5) 36 Annoying foreign kingfish (7) 37 Humble conduct (6) 38 Appealing quality of giant de- scribed by the newspapers (10) 39 In French, backing a fallen angel that's without sex appeal is coarse (9) 40 Some dishes, these bints (5) DOWN

1 Drunken sprees in a low haunt tending to get one down (10)

2 Concerning tar abroad (5) 3 First shoots a redhead in re-. proach, as it were (6) 4 Old characters needing help ab- out a sixth of a second before 6 (7) 5 In name tar maybe is salt (7) 6 Shakespeare's earnest and, in short, dreadful (5) 7 Used to build highly syncopated music's sound qualities (9) 8 Ask a woman it (4) 10 Compound of Astatine, Lithium, Nobelium and Rhe- nium with Tritium (9) 13 Wipe off to prevent an upset, say

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15 o sailors one's a form of de- corative inlay work (6) 17 Somehow special as a plant (9) 18 A blend of tea, &c, or salt (7) 19 The taking of blame — men's intent, perhaps? (10) 20 Working vigorously to be tall and robust? (9) 21 To wit, former wits? (6) 26 For a painter his is intact (7) 28 Avoid embracing an artist that's emasculate (7) 30 Compliance when roused to ec- stasy (6) 31 Sheath vital to procreation (5) 33 An ancestor's growth (5) 34 In a way Scots love fruit (4)