A CHRISTMAS JUMBO

Make we merry by Jac

A first prize of £60, three prizes of £25 and three runners-up prizes of either Chambers Dictionary or Chambers Crossword Manual (ring you choice) for the first correct solutions opened on 11 January. Entries to: Jumbo Crossword, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1 2LL.

Six of the unclued l'ghts (when arranged in correct order) are the opening seventeen words of a carol in the Oxford Book of Carols; the three other unclued lights (of 6, 4 and 2 words respectively) are also carols. Ignore 10 hyphens and an apostrophe.

Name Address ACROSS 16 Tut! Touchy about mountain sickness! (7) 17 One screen idol posed thus in retrospect (9) 18 A state of bewilderment, say, once every 24 hours (5) 19 Boils fish (6) 22 State here is initially a wrong one to embrace, as it were (11) 25 Ran one in, having weaned (6) 28 Possibly meant Richard Ps monastic superiors? (14) 29 In a setback he has one finally in titters (6) 30 Toss up for place in Heavens for Shakespeare (5) 34 Two letters from Town (5)

35 Partners living in moral danger (5)

36 37 39 42 44 45 47 49 51 53 54 56 57

EEC out to steal some of our support? (7)

Spirit in spirit is subject to artifi- cial predigestion (9) Adroitness, right, having it going to a playboy's heart (9) Sturdy sort of dog (5) Orthographically like him or her but not us or them (10)

Rises in egg-head combines (7) Coincidence in speed and phase when backing favourites (4) Title of Indian gentleman de- scribing a cloth of gold (6) A sister there advanced (6) Twist lots in the States (4) Poles in touch in reverse (7) Somehow deem 74 a quack (10) Gong originally donged in the middle of dinner, say (5)

63 Arbiter warmly disposed to ex- tend prohibition (9) 64 A little air for the naughty albeit playful girl losing her head (7) 66 Poem about The Greek Theatre 68 Arab ab academic about without one (5) 73 Once burnt up in a brawl (5) 74 See 56 (6) 75 A flyer displays outward de- cadency in indulgence in unman- ly pleasures (14) 76 Stokes tubs for sportsmen (6) 77 Pasteboard bower, perhaps (11) 81 One probably familiar with rigs left 10 back on an island (6)

82 Back-bar binge (5)

83 Bilocular article far from wholly discounted in Hell (9) 84 See into obscure detail of a decree (7) 85 Formerly without a clue and still not perfect (7) 86 Chnstmas scene of note, an ela- borately evil event (8, 2, 3, 9) DOWN

2 Willing confederate out East in a single comprehensive survey (8)

3 Fur from a horse (5) 4 Unflinchingly dissolute (4) 5 Front light? No point! (8) 6 A relining of fish in a body (8) 7 Antediluvian giant unknown to another mostly prehistoric (7) 8 One legendary king constraining another to act in concert (7) 9 Pneumatic device needing to have water lapping over into liquid fuel in mid-week (8) 11 Sweets, in Burlington House, a change from prosody! (9) 13 Legal Aid log copied amiss (9) 15 Tried to gee up a teenager cud- dling a young bird? (8) 20 Sets out lake-dwellings (8) 23 Beset by race and all tied LIP about it (9) 24 Ahead of Tory in real bewilder- ment (10) 26 Community down under (5) 27 American once of interest to the Bard (6) 31 Resolve one local obligation (5) 32 Dry, somewhat wintry, rain (6) 33 Tiresome type concealing youth from knight-errant (7) 38 Cattle God cut out on the Sab- bath (10) 40 Increases likewise at the begin- ning of September (4)

41 One representative peer to adorn with jewels (7)

43 Tale still originally told in a co-op shop (9) 46 King, tipsy and annoyed (6) 48 Excuse the French occupying one of the USA (4) 50 One's bridge opponents in sup- port of model uniforms? (12) 54 Make dog show a clean pair of heels? (4, 4) 55 Monarch caught embracing a high priest's widow (6) 58 Soup ingredient in vogue in wel- fare services direction (9) 59 Single bird without a lover (5) 60 Go round electioneering in pubs y not initially endlessly too jol- l! 9

62 Sho(ut)

ed with or without inner force (8) 65 Antidote leaderless Arians poin- tlessly kept in a case (8) 67 Done Spenser's way, is passed on (8) 69 Kipling's mine-sweeper came down like Byron's wolf (8)

70 Heavenly phenomenon noted by Hoagy Carmichael (8) 71 Beastly bit of a botch, say? (7) 72 Generator a ha'penny, once clear of charges? Nowt else! (7)

78 Many long to hide (5) 80 Clear one's throat in part (4) Book prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.