CROSSWORD
A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 8 March, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1097, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
The unclued ights (two of three words), individually or when correctly paired, are of a kind.
Name Address ACROSS 7 Fashion's unending shade (3) 11 Rocky ravine located back in Hoy or Raasay (6) 13 Everyone individually in a tie was irritable (7) 16 Lichen amongst humus nearby
(5)
17 Regent reviewing work unit (metric) (6, hyphened) 18 Back pay assigned to US shrub
(5)
20 Greenish mineral at the French holiday cottage (6) 21 Frenchman with song for girl (5) 27 Comfort once from middle of long seat out here (7) 29 Light unit measuring emission naturally, at first (5) 30 Slave from abroad — dictatorial, in part (6) 32 Fiddle returned for pub game (5) 34 Units arrived during crazes (6) 36 One bird at the dam (5) 37 A sailor returning to range (5) 38 Old degree for Irish labourer in England (7) 39 Dissenter's state mid-noon (6, hyphened) 41 Camper's requisite forced these out (11) DOWN 1 Fabric shreds entirely (10) 2 Gospels of slave upset about gen, maybe (8) 3 Adapting much in one animal
(9)
4 Severe scolding for wearing in- formal clothes (12, hyphened?) 5 Fooled king leaving. That's rich!
(7)
6 The pedestrian's way of lifting top-hat, maybe (8) 7 Ban also includes Jack (5) 8 'It's a Knock-out' overturned. Crazy! (4) 9 Eccentric dam at party (6) 10 Roman shields carved without date outside (5) 12 Scottish reel that's striped (6) 19 26 and 31 without one king, becoming inviolable (10) 23 Rev. Hogan revising project (8) 24 Defeatist veto (8) 26 Game of cards, with clubs as spades in round (7) 31 Tow-path (5) 33 Radical party-member left (5) 35 Trim fancy pigeon (4)
Solution to 1094: Under the bed?
The unclued lights (36. 37 Across, 3, 4, 7, 13, 17, 18, 20, 30 Down) are shades of RED (part of the solution to 6 Down).
First prize: D. R. M. Long, Brom- ley, Kent; Runners-up: Peter Stevens, Tadworth, Surrey; D. V. Jones, Southampton.
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