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A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 17 October. Entries to: Crossword 878, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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The solutions (one hyphened) to the unnumbered clues are of a kind and are clued without overall definition, each forming one of the otherwise unclued lights.

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Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS A parent after a double Backward pair of children It's a shame A number to stick on initially One monetary unit Monkey about with a pigtail Man and God 1 Controls the loins (5) 4 Congenial low-churchman?

Heartless hedge-priest! (9) 9 It's transparent many select one statc before another (10) 12 Apt to excite a girl outwardly secretive (7) 16 A fish-goddess, imagine? (6) 22 Times change — anti-supporter of State control of Church? (8) 23 Hesitant expression dolts con- ceal from dons (7) 24 Winton, for example (4) 25 Food a quiet operator goes with- out (4) 27 Homer turned out thus to duck an oppressive wind (7) 29 Maybe does without fruit, mak- ing up for godsends? (8) 32 Nothing sharp about one wonder of the ancient world! (6) 36 Pronounce extremes of loyalty dead (7) 38 Is additional to computer-aided typesetting a Shakespearian aug- ments by primary oral instruc- tion (10) 39 Shylockian wenches seemingly telling us to take advantage of our chain-letters? (9) DOWN Shoot on wing as 'twere Stones a follower, right?

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Nothing but a district No good stuffing it for one's country A constant urge, originally of the French 1 Censures having a musical prin- cipal in tears (10) 4 It leaves a hydrous aluminium phosphate in a ball our forebears could have used (7) 5 Paddy-bird over-fluttering (7) 6 Idle Jack, died unknown (5) 7 Stuff one in to placate a sergeant, say (9) 10 Term for neat spirit? (9) 15 Clot with a bit of class (6) 17 Peevish person, this urchin (9) 18 Far from impure past, note (7) 19 Not abandoned for a sunken wreck (10) 20 Roughens up travellers in motoring organisation set-up (9) 26 Spenser's handles upsets involv- ing drink (7) 28 Gets in way of rascals embracing former Home Secretary (7) 30 Japanese poem about one Chinese boat population (6) 31 Dab and dry up about noon (5)