CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 6 October. Entries to: Crossword 776, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued l'ghts and those clued without overall definition (all in Chambers) have something in common. Elsewhere, ignore one accent.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Look after Maori fort-dance (5) 4 Check one pure siliceous sub- stance (9) 9 Parlous state — foreign friend in contact with you and me (10) 11 Old tomboys stunts (5) 12 Cross out a note and do it again

(7)

14 Turkish title taking precedence this year (5) 15 Present day shouts of joy — 'Goodbye' (5) 21 Such gall has its day in May! (8, hyphened) 22 Mournful one in gale whirling round in city (7) 24 Break for a game (4) 25 Fire damaged current (4) 27 A cripple deserted a public walk

28 PC7-1/ camera tube's semi-

established painting (8) 34 Pass or stretch of nver (5) 35 Love to scold and harangue (5) 37 A seaman's heard storming (7) 38 Cotton yarn is seen in old length, reversed (5) 39 Weapons taking toll on county (10) 40 Religious isolation is the reverse of number one's source of pain

(9)

41 Mass sent back some sun-birds

(5) DOWN

1 Roll a large map out, making a figure (13) 2 Article about US spy service (6) 3 Dad's suffering (6) 5 Master brought up very large book (4) 6 Severely criticises change of policy in WRAC's predecessor

(7)

7 Home Secretary's coarse hemp

(5)

8 Applauded, out of duty to the editor (8) 10 Fury from rash speed and dis- organised assenter (13) 13 Where to find one at end of watch-chain (7) 15 Panda-like (6) 19 Apparently everyone separately gets Shakespeare's censure (7) 23 Capital letter, we hear, for 'Bounty' (8) 26 City openings causing digress- ions (7) 31 Some unconventional aliases (6) 32 About to voyage out and scatter

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36 Singer coming up from Scotland (4)