CROSSWORD
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) for the first three correct solutions opened on 9 May. Entries to: Crossword 855, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.
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The unclued lights (one of three words, one of two and three others hyphened) are of a kind.
Name Address ACROSS 6 Sweetmeat almost cut in two by a hatchet first (6) 12 Prehistoric • herbivore making
tracks in direction of tailless fish 10) 13 Operatic pieces, as melody comes back in (5)
14 Growth of elation, perhaps (7. hyphened) 15 Old halfpenny's a lot of money for poStal item (10, hyphened) 16 Qld residents' grave-slabs (7) 20 Boy's tooth, having root re- moved (4) 23 Dandies or failures left out (4) 24 Supporter who's in bed?.(7)• 26 Parsimonious associate in season 30 Escorted in one direction. Alright! (4) 31 Repeat odd rite before tea-break
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34 Leave out leaders of Oxford
Movement's important tracts (4) 36 Ship's mollusc (7).
39 First or second form book (7) 40 Horse the Soviet Union re- moved from space.:craft (5) 41 Evil spirit caught a compiler returning about one a.m. (10) 42 Mediterranean vessel's rigid finial (6) 43 Fool and anarchist were idle (8) DOWN 2 Cross-country runners losing their head about love for mule- drivers (8) 3 Topless game for gold coin (5) 4 Apologetic about state caval- cade (7) 5 Signs on being without choice
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7 Periodical that's cutting (6) 8 Raise new sign (5) 17 Billy Bunter's hooter? (3) 18 Ray fracturing. a leg on mountain-top (5) 19 Mixture of liquids shown by Poe at zero (9) 21 Muslim lord only half in agree- ment, when rising (5) 25 Clear oil over scroll ornament (8) 27 Additional three points (3) 28 Nobleman born amongst class from Spain (7)
32 Old widow left round about one cent (6)
33 Traffic around island causing angry outburst (6) 35 Sorceress left out of ring (5) 37 Mad losing a letter— fatuous (5)
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