CROSSWORD
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 3 February. Entries to: Crossword 1042, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.
The unclued lights (one an American'sm, another hyphened) are variously related. Each clue comprises a definition part and the hidden letters of the light consecutively jumbled and enclosing one superfluous letter. These extra letters spell out a timely and relevant sentence (nine words).
Name Address
ACROSS 9 Seed appendage, or tail (4) 12 Embezzlements, huge fid- dles in Shetland (4) 14 Salmon, ling: European fish 20 (High pilot? Bar is at oven- heat (7) 21 Honour's men, Arthurian knights (7) 24 Basis for good suntan (7) 25 Ace unnerved — serve to one's benefit in court (5) 26 Lurches sideways on stilts (5) 28 Camp gear for cub? The tenderfoot's . . . (7, hyphened) 31 . . . sleeping-bag is swiped by cunning rogues (7) 34 Duty on ship for mate on a gangboard (7) 37 Humbler, Diogenes's barrel (5) 38 Head, apt location for wen (5) 40 Tracking eye glimpses US burglar (4) 41 Ruler and tape-measure are handmade (9) 42 A triandrous kind of brack- en (4) DOWN 1 Nag constantly accuses (6) 2 High mathematical ability (5) 3 In winter curates slide (6, hyphened) 4 Sort of medick — lucerne is, also (5) 5 Country yokel did can-can (7) 6 This toxic stuff can ruin teeth (7) 7 Neon? It gives light (6) 8 Gent raged, livid, blew up 10 (A) colourless colourless agent in dyeing for orle, rich on shield (10) 13 Perpetuates ethical law (7) 15 House-agent's notably deft quality (8) 19 Filter in a motor-powered drill system (8) 23 Study applied to Antipodean creature (8) 27 Seal off the area, obstruc- tively (7, hyphened) 29 Outlines, features for periodical: . . . (7) 30 . . . pen drawings on cover (6) 32 Note poetic spirit (6) 33 A most eatable hornwrack (6, hyphened) 35 Pattern a model designed (5) 36 Ineradicable as garden weeds (5) The solution and winners of the Christmas Jumbojac are on page 45.
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