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A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 5 November. Entries to: Crossword 981, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 9 Number turning out to catch bluff king in the brain (1()) 14 Epitaph for a tearaway (3) 16 The French President is out of time back at 33's base6) 17 Hold forth at no cost? 5) 1

18 Inaccessible plaCe beside ea la.ke (5)

20 Many a sportsman's a womanis- er (7) 22 Timelessly imperishable and licentious (7) 24 Appropriate place for a magis- trate? (7) 25 Bar for bar, a note to bar (5) 26 PM not without right and aspira- tion (5) 28 Goddess — one given run- around's first to create havoc (7) 31 State beauty tax (7) 33 See 16 (7) 37 Strong or extra-strong as a por- ter (5) 39 Safeguard an eyesore round a river (6) 40 Mainly one's grandchildren's let- ters (3) 41 Acts, by getting under one's skin, maybe can —with demerit! (10) 42 Note note or noteworthiness? Note and/or noteworthiness! (6) DOWN 1 Pious type of deviousness in love aids it not (13)

2 Grumbles about broken victuals (5)

3 Seem to vanish when Pluto's totally eclipsed (6) 4 Was a bitter bore (5) 6 Fashionable time to be deeply emotional (7) 7 Stick with beer, following old- fashioned graft (6) 8 For Spenser noise upset of ne- cessity (4) 10 Bacon's fellow-godhead (6) 12 Rush decoys out when coppers are round and about in several places at the same time (13) 13 Prissy piece's singular bloomers (8) 21 In cells this, as held by former WO, is little work and endless play (8) 23 They occupy a number of work- ers (7) 27 Composer given unlimited time for carrying a weapon (7) 29 Countless kept quiet (6) 30 A star, one way and another (6) 32 Suit to look well in (6)

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36 Quaintly pleasing ankle (4)