CROSSWORD

1389: Like lightning by Doc A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 7 December, with two runners- up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1389, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued l'ghts (five of two or more words), when placed in their correct order, reveal a quotation verifiable in Chambers.

Name

Address............................................. ....................

ACROSS

1 They're shaken first in attacks (5)

10 Intellectual ability to manoeuvre pine barrow (10)

11 Weightless pioneer's benefice (6) 12 Very old US soldier in agony,

writhing (7) 14 Expression of regret from those who wait (5) 15 Armenian cut short posh poem

(5)

16 One game bird by a lizard (6) 22 Parchment had colour in a painting (8) 23 Italian birds without number (7) 24 Public protest in ruin. Not half!

(4) 25 Ayatollah's outside maid (4) 27 Meagre old sod from the Big Apple! (7) 29 It's nearly everything in France for a celebration (8, two words) 32 Locality with sort of square insect (6) 34 Displaying a fine anger? (5) 35 Be the best man — in the ring?

(5)

36 Dandies accept constant backing for warnings (7, hyphened) 37 Confessed about party for Ra (6, hyphened) 40 Studious pupils' backpacks (5) DOWN 3 Threefold direction during examination (6) 4 Scold jokers' signals (7) 6 Stop! Wedge-shaped plant (7) 7 Upset drink of a king (5) 9 Monsieur renverse une liste pour le repas (4) 13 Loose wood cases? (7) 15 The chap had time for Ivy (6) 17 Noble's awful endless coarse trait (10) 18 Lavish meal to go off with a bang? (7, hyphened) 19 Grant a festival's female supporters (10) 20 Very bad about following octopus (9, hyphened) 21 Old airline let off pop star (6) 26 Enclosure's almost complete for aspirant (7) 28 Monk's not in sky-blue (7) 30 The old recognise changes to wok and can (6) 31 Tips up north, not hot but cold

(5)

34 'Skunk' starts off the alphabet, apparently (4)