23 MARCH 1991, Page 52

CROSSWORD 1001: Thirty-three by Jac

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 April. Entries to: Crossword 1001, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 About £2 to purchase this? Ex- cellent! (5) 4 Obscure parts of a course for strike-breakers (9) 9 Formerly a legal action went ahead once objected to (10) 11 In Guinea the French must be about to give tongue (6) 12 A spill that's not so serious (7) 14 Spy in back of some trees (5) 15 To move clumsily. . . (5) 16 . . . being way out is, say, about two seconds short (6) 22 Wear, behold, back in first half of '34! (8) 23 One of The Rolling Stones (7) 24 Some hippier hussy's ploy's a plant (4) 25 Ridges? Height's one! (4) 27 One looking for something in- formative (7) 29 Glass-covered wagon (8) 32 Open-cast (6) 34 Measure that's counterfeit (5) 35 Make a right crafty about-turn, such Radicals! (5) 36 Teeming, perhaps, with cats and dogs? (7) 38 Ran down random rating, in- deed (10) 39 Always added to reordering of large part for car (9) 40 — key price for a banger! (5) DOWN 1 Bit of a spurt a Norse god put on? Rubbish! (10) 2 Enjoying exercising (5) 3 One who's given to drawing a Tower? (6) 4 Support points the Spanish raised in support of a brawl (7) 5 A showy spirited person (7) 6 Composer of works for those a little hard of hearing (5)

7 Could be Sir George's laxatives? (9) 8 — Sir Edward's initially, 0 King! (4) 10 Overheads could be nothing for turning out planes, for instance (9)

13 Spirits such as one in anger briefly has (7) 15 Haughty type making graduates speak with hesitation (6) 17 Iconoclast's kiss of death (9) 18 Albeit separate, is left in trim in Scotland (7) 19 Could be so, with these our Treasury ! (10) 20 Engender talk about both officer and men (9) 21 Blow away mist or smoke (6)

26 It's found in a pub? That's mad- ness, according to Shakespeare! (7)

28 What's a legal type to bawl about? Something to strengthen a frame! (7) 30 Tailor-made whisky bottle (6) 31 One strengthening a sleeve? (5) 34 A nick in a spanner (4)