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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 6 July. Entries to: Crossword 813, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Some of the clues clue more than one light. One ight is of three words and three others are hyphened. Ignore two apostrophes.

Name Address ACROSS 1 The putting in place of gits? Opinion changes! (11) 7 Indian crown's reverse (3) 11 Flash sort of mineral (6) 13 21A's rage in front of a compos- er (7)

15 The main Dravidian deity (5)

16 Is gloomy albeit spruce (5) 17 The man in a dance to arm with a different spur? (6) 18 Choice of directions familiar to 32? (5) 20 Those taking it take a risk as divers do (6) 21 Hide a broken heart (5) 22 Stands the same as 25 or 33 (7) 27 Opening's nothing without a different sort (7) 29 Ancestor's 7D tree (5) 30 Money to plant in a plant (6) 32 A swell return for those in Asgard (5) 34 Live fish a second before being swallowed by a bird (6) 36 His rod 2's club? (5)

37 Deny once having run likewise? Yes! (5)

38 Fan wrapping a theologian in cotton-wool (7) 39 It's not so hard for foreign chil- dren (6) 40 Something exciting in galligas- kins (3) The solution to Crossword 810 is on page 52. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the `Post-a-Rook' service.

41 A former agonist's first to admit

being an entrepreneur (11) DOWN 1 Preferences attributable to sex appeal in convents (10) 3 His joy 4 or 14? (9) 5 At heart, one is committed with- out being put in 21A (7) 6 Former begetter of family subdi- visions the Bible in part still' ported (8) 9 Flog what sounds to be a flaw in defence (6)

10 Strips off when about to lose consciousness (5)

12 Rumless toddy for which there's no charge makes the Scots superstitious (6) 19 Daring type of literary character (10) 21 His road maybe 35 and 8 (9) 23 One abroad is, in sport, a pub sign (8) 24 Was bereaved, the Italian himself classically upsetting Horace's teacher (8) 26 What otters drop in a quick run round (7) 28 Halogen not many eat (6)

31 A team out of consideration (5)