Crossword 555

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 17 May. Entries to: Crossword 555, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Five of the unclued sigh s are each linked in the same way to one of the remaining five.

Name Address ACROSS 5 Sergeant-major, unattractive, joined up complacently (6) 9 Alan a touch altered, we have an example of one of them (10) 14 Mock rope (3) 18 EEC currency unit organised in football club (5) 20 Sign for special constable or one in a river (7) 22 Bearing work to me, all going back for stores (7) 24 Put a cent in the collection, please (7) 25 Island rest once in degree (5) 26 Cutters of maize loaves (5) 28 School in one top compound (7) 31 Common food obscenity about copper ring (7) 33 Rock longing to be in place (7) 37 Tipsy operatic courtesan, only half there, retiring (5) 39 Sensual rubbish I found in the City (6) 40 A party commotion (3) 43 Hot line? It's alternative in doc- trine (8) DOWN 1 Is South, in mounting en- thusiasm, one to say 'No bid'? It's the easy way to go (13, hyphened) 2 David initially coming to conflict — worshipped by his opponent (5) 3 Spectator acting improperly? It's against hearing about Uganda capital (6) 4 Prepare a meal from scratch (5) 7 Understands there's little money in casual printing work (6) 10 Cups etc. to annoy the beginner (6, hyphened) 11 Bearer can make a mistake (9) 12 It shows a going symmetry endlessly changing and electrical- ly rotating (14)

13 Gum resin, about a millimetre further in Seychelles (8)

15 A fragment one is able t° recognise as continental (7) 21 International organisation In peril, not disruption (8) 23 Word transfer causes troubled moment around yard (7) 27 Left famous poem in parody it's elevating (7, hyphened) 30 Retreat to kick (6)

32 Europe's antique structure can reveal a former prole (6)

34 Misses notes (5) 35 Heath, E., went quietlY underground (5)

36 Milton's gang, almost savage (4)