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A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) together with a copy of the Collins Gem Crossword Dictionary for the first three correct solutions opened on 7 September. Entries to: Crossword 822, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL. (The national finals of the Collins Dictionary/The Times Crossword Cham- pionship 1987 take place on 6 September at the Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly. The public are welcome.) 1 L...

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Name Address ACROSS 1 See note under square . . . (14) 8 . . keen to help out, see! (4) 10 One born and bred in the very heart of Southend-on-Sea? (10) 12 Go back? Nuts! (4) 14 A jolly girl — fleet, too! (6) 17 Strip off a peace-keeper's uni- form (5) 18 Was rough when through (5) 20 Royalty concealing point a Shakespearian values (7) 21 Ecaudate tree-monkey (7) 23 Hidden in an outhouse, these Adventure Scouts leaders (7) 24 Type to perform a regular even- ing flight around midday (5) 25 Roundabout story about distinc- tion (5) 27 Dishes jars out mid-week (7)

30 Father allowed out to put it on? (7)

32 Sounds new, backing tune about ointment (7) 36 River channel (5) 37 The nosh that gives a soldier energy (5) 38 Note anent which a leader be- comes agitated (6) 39 Detect a moral flaw (4) 40 Plants in Aden in near collapse (10) 41 Apt albeit sort of square and dated piece of verse (4) 42 Characteristic sort of sourness about an odd character's treachery (14) DOWN 1 Back of the calf of some birds (5) 2 The time about right to make one sit up? (5) 4 Lock 6 out of a stall (5) 6 Graft in a Red Cross Hospital (6) 7 In reverse, bridge opponents' passing (9) 9 Memorise name and number in a scene being produced at the same time (1) 11 Appropriate drink for a pope wearing a topper? (6) 16 Nothing to fear from the Cloth? On the contrary! (11) 22 Imagines fish are about to con- sume (7) 26 It's on that account that to plough's taken to heart (7) 28 Not counted? Kept quiet! (6) 29 Monitor returned US soldier's universal gossip (6) 31 Beat-up sucker's upholstery material (6) 33 Prelude that's with-it for an anthem (5) 34 Loose bit of 17? (5) 35 One hears grub's up — great! (5)