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896: Rusinurbe by Doc

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' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 6 March. Entries to: Crossword 896, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Each unclued light (none being a real word) is formed from two related words as indicated by the title. The 38 unchecked letters of these unclued lights and the two letters where theme-words Intersect form FEE, PALL MALL, JERSEY, JAVA, UGANDA and VIAUSTRIAENNA.

Name Address 36 Long narrow lobe having 100,000 protuberances (7) 39 Where to buy new Lotus around Egypt (7) 40 Connecting element, of old, in `South Riding' (5) 42 Heraldic motto he sculpted: learning round about it (6) 43 Storeman disturbed going into operation (8, hyphened) DOWN 2 Sea-creature having, it's said, sorry balance (8) 3 Type of poem (not Latin) (5) 4 Search, once, through that French street (7) 5 Annual vehicle check and test out compositions (7) 6 Society kriegspiel without me is heaven! (6)

7 Old instrument with top re- placed is another (6)

8 Poison that's cold, upsetting one in love (5) ACROSS 6 Familiar line of chat that could be kitsch (6)

13 Is lad in chains? (5) 14 Chap with gun inside coat, say (7)

16 Short letter backing long TV show without Henry (7) 20 Prophet rejecting pain-relieving drug (4) 22 Bang into break-light! (7, hyphened) 23 Man, say, is 27, in France (4) 24 Compiler's dogs (7) 26 Mixture of hay and beet in orbit (7, hyphened) 30 Leaders of expedition left unex- pectedly last month (4) 31 Governor's refusal to advance

34 B) oy returning to water-course (4)

17 Beginning of a generation? (3) 18 Mouths language endlessly (5) 19 Country-boy brought round wreaths, collectively (9) 21 Card game placing doctor in money (5) 27 Article of faith, exclusively (3) 28 Peaceful bird (7) 29 Jackets with hoods — a spy's brought round one (7) 32 Masonry has collapsed on god 33 Aright right from middle-weight (6) 35 Tails severed on board (5) 37 Watery humour of melodramatic horoscopes (5)