CROSSWORD 1460: The Azed crossword by Doc

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 8 May, 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 1460, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights display a common feature, doubly so for the pair verifiable in Brewer, the remainder being in Chambers. Where alternatives exist at 32 and 40, alphabetical order is pre- ferred. 35 contains an abbreviation and an accent.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Where to jump into hot water (14, two words) 10 A zebu wrecked African shrub 14 Weaver's aver's heart yields fragrant oil (4) 17 Beauty treatment bringing new life, in fact (8, hyphened) 20 Class system (5) 21 Spenser's moving books after bringing some work around (7)

22 Where members meet in a suit? (5)

24 Military body's endless power (3) 27 Fenland channel from Uganda

31 R(3 iver ebbing around a literary fan (5)

33 Eddie's final letters (7) 34 Test broadcasts with yours truly in the storyline (5) 35 Native accepts crumpled Times at Canadian town (8, two words) 36 Drawn back round about there, going down (10) 38 Morose account about gods (4) 39 Naval master-at-arms and judge at the Beeb (7) 41 Land without gold fillet (6) 42 Bigwig's gratitude without hesitation increases numbers (14, three words) DOWN 1 Minced calf; first gains are lights (14, two words) 2 Israeli diplomat points out graduate (4) 3 Agent with coin for vegetables (10, hyphened) 5 Second churchman lost black clog (5) 6 A bit of doggerel from Scotland; cat ... sat ... mat! (8, hyphened) 7 Tennis volleys close at hand from penalty (7, hyphened) 8 Town funds include note edited twice (14, two hyphens) 13 Great! Old family origins upset

15 Lucky Oz beer (5).. . 18 ... and some Frascati for brother

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19 It's crazy when capital fellow loses his head in old car (10) 23 Fifty French hares turned up to do no good (8, two words) 28 A celebration with the navy on deck (5) 29 Select circle taking exercise (3) 30 Speed under motorway's show- ing value wrongly (7) 35 Smart old soldier (5) 37 Laurel amongst finest anemones