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A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 8 July. Entries to: Crossword 1014, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The undued lights (two hyphened) follow a particular pattern, though it is different in each case.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Dried root of wild ginger from an old diocese (6) 10 Evangelical denomination appropriated servants (14, two words) 11 Skin condition (4) 13 Descriptive of top sum, maybe 16 mall farm with credit, in time

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17 Number 7, 1 and 10 (3) 19 More penitent Tory with worn- out reform, initially (9) 20 Clipper who will fleece you? (7) 23 Affectedly bookish French arti- cle about wayward Tories (8) 24 See 8 (5) 25 Backing government monopoly in tobacco mountain (5) 30 Small vicar returning 6's fur (7) 33 Histrionics of `Chatteris Review'

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35 ay! It precedes an H-bomb! (3) 37 French article getting translated 'Oblivion' (5) 38 Ascetic Jew removing cork-top from Tokay wine (6) 39 He wrote some novel iambics (4) 40 Forceful adoption of another country distributing one million ocas (14) 42 Unreal call at the start of year (6) DOWN 1 Experts embracing constant summits (6) 2 Burning church with clues pro- viding illumination (12) 3 Spenser's still taking half the accounts at end of July (5) 4 Coat having strange lustre (6) 5 Welshman's canopy (4) 6 See 30 (7) 7 Leaves state duties (7) 8 Prince entering, upsetting 24 mystic savants (6) 9 Prevented boy getting up, and missed the mark (8) 12 Select or leave out out-take (7) 15 Race headlong around Chelsea (12) 21 Sleep out without one's military cloak (7) 26 In claret, in oloroso, there's vita- min A (7) 28 Gin spilt in county town (7) 29 Argue for moderation (6) 31 Water-course with kink by a hospital (6) 32 Cold and damp, but spacious, it's said (6) 34 Tarnish without reproach, heart- lessly? Maybe (5) 36 Leaving without one medal (4)