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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 7 March. Entries to: Crossword 846, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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The unclued lights (one of two words) are of a kind. Ignore accents Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 10 Tailless Egyptian god yielding bullets (4) 12 Court official in favour of guardian (10) i 14 Address in Chartres (3) 15 Removes lead from fruit in cooked buns (8) 17 Appropriate article was not un- known (5) 22 Don't join in the dance, if every- thing is French (6, two words) 24 Fruit that's unpleasant (5) 26 Giving advice about trait in re- sort (9) 27 Air-stewardesses arranging new 42 ac (9, two words) 29 Part of New Zealpnd rabble in round figures (5) 31 Beat Ulster in advance (6) 34 Audibly inferior tirade (6) 38 Took out women for obsequious act (5) 39 Slightly move one's position, strangely averse to embrace game (8, two words) 40 Currency tangle (3) 41 Country home or garden bench (10, two words) 42 Confine creditor in the same place (4) DOWN 2 Set free from cinema collapsing on 'The Crown' (10) 3 Lock platform (7) 4 Vulture from Uruguay and parts of Burma (5) 5 Noun — one time saying literally! (9, hyphened) 6 Composed lines during frightful duel (6) 7 Called up some French chap (5) 8 Transfer to another office (4) 9 Relations changing gear, getting pent up on fells (12, hyphened) 13 Deception arising from cool re- fusals (12, two words) 16 The railways with a supporter (3) 19 Developer — over half liquid spilt round negative (6) 20 Hired applauders suggesting chatter (6)

23 Newspaper delivered without charge having lavish signature (9)

25 I will appear in church? Yes (8) 28 Give effect to conifer redevelop- ment (7) 30 Ten in the crowd revealing Shakespeare's obscure bird (6) 32 Palm raised at one (3)

33 Italian food that's beyond one! (5)

35 Pillar of ice that's somewhat closer, actually (5) 37 Corner of north-east GB and Ulster? (4)