Crossword 571
A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution Opened on 6 September. Entries to: Crossword 571, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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Three unclued ligh s (components of an idiomatic phrase which in- cludes a hyphen) are theme words; each is associated with two other unclued lights. 41A consists of two words and the solution includes four proper nouns not listed in Chambers.
Name Address 40 ACROSS
1 Duke murmurs, in rags, in sud- den rains (11)
11 Affront fashionable concubine with no anecdotes (6) 13 Ship's master uncertain about direction (7) 15 Mists from hollows in hills, we hear (5) 16 Crystal-lined cavity of ger- manium composition? (5) 17 Former High Church Tory, not a climber but still standing! (6) 20 Nervously shy spinning first of yarn for striped cotton (6) 21 Aussie Barker has a racket to run? (5) 22 Performance in RSC, a produc- tion showing signs of the Bard 27 Ancient cient shrewd one in charge (7) 29 Modern poet's gold study (5) 30 Alludes to advances — not a pen- ny! (6) 32 Sounds cut to zero, muted (5) 34 Vamoose from part of London in the wet (6) 36 Beer-mug from Szczecin teetotaller's eschewed (5) 37 Obscure plot I'm following (5) 38 A specious thinker from upper- class is in form (7) 39 Delicious drink causing trance A) knight of class? (3) DOWN
2 Keel, evident on a vessel (8) 4 1 re-turn edges, frayed, not listed! (12) 5 Occasions for cold desserts, it's said (7)
6 Rather excessive s-sand pile on top of rubbish (8) 7 No hint of Marx in original threesome (5) 8 Nap? No time for rest (4) 9 Lack of co-ordination for a vehi- cle, in motoring association (6) 12 Assert, without proof, there's a Member in drink (6) 14 Natal native? (12, hyphened) 21 With poor seeds acre grows less (9) 23 Preventing green colour getting in and staining silver (8) 24 Composer's uplifting twice in one passage (8) 26 Amorous works I care to re-read
28 A(7) pain MO stops, evidently in the heart! (6)
31 Spy ring covered by 'tail' (5) 35 In the same place lives a wader (4)
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