Crossword 717

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 5 August. Entries to: Crossword 717, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address ACROSS 6 Ingredient in incense applied to unknown theme-word (6) 12 Russian Cit having spout to paint again 10) 13 Second left 5)

14 Sea-green ringless gasteropods (7)

15 GPO worker backing cherished Conservative leader held in regard (10) 16 Sent letter (7) 20 Old bishop's ruff (4) 22 Ian goes out to struggle (7) 23 Cut after receiving hundred quid (4)

24 Style of abstract art from short account in this magazine leader , (7)

26 Having time, dramatist returned and migrated (7)

30 Sandy's intestine's cut short: such language! (4) 31 Foreordain Podmore's collapse (7)

36 Scottish pipeclay left over for secret society (7)

38 Rustic by quite square bars (10)

40 Scottish hut's height seen in close up (5) 41 He may knock down one first-class cruet (10)

42 Arrives with half West African pita fibre (6)

43 Short poem the French included during organ prelude (8) DOWN 2 One right turn entering is necessary: then straight ahead (8) 3 Seamen suggesting voyage (5) 4 For instance 11 58 — almost midnight (7, hyphened) 5 Most elegant goddess in den (7) 8 English copper climbing in very hard ravine in Scotland (5) 9 Haitley Castle rebuilt with a sense of beauty (13) 10 See preamble (13, 5 words) 11 Quietly spoken women perished dreadfully (9) 17 Graduate has a cry (3) 19 Biblical disciples counter Queen with pieces (9) 25 Union declaration (8) 27 Some suchperformance must

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get the bird 3) 28 Refuse and ecay (7) 29 Narrower public walk in the Home Counties? Right (7) 32 Draught half the kids before church (6) 33 Occupy old boat wrecked at home (6) 35 Put an end to armed hostilities at Arab encampment (5) 37 Part of brooch required yellow pigment (5) The solution to Crossword 714 is on page 39. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.