A CHRISTMAS JUMBO
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A first prize of £60, three prizes of £25 and six further prizes of The Spectator Book of Crosswords will be awarded for the first correct solutions opened on 16 January. Entries to: Jumbo Crossword, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Lights IA and 109 4 words each) are salutations. The other unclued lights comprise s'x CARD motifs, one a phrase, and respective associations (three pairs, two triads and one sestet formed of different pairs). Ignore ten hyphens and four accents. Eight proper names and a French word are not in Chambers.
Name Address ACROSS 16 Heavenly new aura in North (7) 18 Rod holds note for king (6) 20 Greeks again? A Scot's outside 9) 23 Serpent in the Tree (3) 25 Pursue studies about more se- rious craftsmen (13) 30 Wine wi' t' game (4) 33 III, Elsa? Take herbal juice (5) 35 Split offer? Unusual for private interest (10) 41 River by right old plough (3) 44
45 48 50 52 54 57 58 62 64 65 Capone in nasty incident with 72 three unequal sides (7) Posts US fetter in seconds (9) 74 Tower, a steeple (6) 76 US flower makes a GI dote (7) 77 Display affected manner (3) 78 Urchin peevish at counter (9) 80 Girl turned like vamp (7) 87 Gaff? None seen in dock (4) 88 Fool around cracking locks for 92 illegal entries (10) 93 Small bit of Dutch cigar? (4) 95 I, I in rep, made up extras (7) The solution to Crossword 887 is on page 98. Seals or flounders without swimming organs (7) Wily twice about witches (6) Viola part in last etude? (9) Song about man, late riser (7) Beat short digit quietly (5) Rude noun, unacceptable (4) Stand, call around river (5) Stone in ring, widely spaced (6) Ruin short 'biscuit (4) Charm a beast with time (6) At supper Nance made extras (13) 98 Independents thwart senior law men (13) 104 Norman here in vicinity (3) 105 This modifies pain, sir? (7) 106 Heretical faith is dividing doc- tor, I feel, badly (9) 107 Deity in ancient metal (6) 108 Gallic spirit in progress (7) DOWN 1 It seems wrong padding out song in correction (12) 2 Compete successfully abroad, see, in money (8) 3 Bird on right jetty (4) 4 Lug in warped sash (5) 6 Girl raised in Sicilian town (4) 7 In net, a tough armadillo (5) 8 Exile of the French Revolution- ary lasted longer than of old (8) 9 King within nursed wound (7) 10 Stick, to oppress (4) 11 Fencer's cry when twice ripost- ing (4, two words) 12 Waugh's odd RU beano (7) 14 Not oqce — write two articles concerning a drug (10) 15 Benzene in quiet old niche (6) 17 Check family line (4) 24 Canny ruler hides present (7) 27 A short thin handle (4) 28 Spread, liberal in food (5) 31 'E's after name for insects (6) 32 77s slide badly? About right (6) 34 Portico in finest oak (4) 35 Sprinkled, a GP dries out (8) 36 Expound about plug (4) 39 Scandium tainted food (5) 40 Venerating ungodlike image, icon Inca carved (8) 41 Real punter, Irene, wildly en- terprising (15) 46 Project finished prior to de- mand, we hear (8) 47 Poet brooded over well (5) 51 Paste from doe is absorbed (4) 53 US beetles reared on leaves (8) 55 Girl, native, always uppish (5) 56 Cutting error (4) 61 Fussing we all spilt measure (12) 63 Servicewomen on river drifting (5, two words) 66 One dim about eastern trick (6) 67 Go with convulsion for diges- tive (6) 73 Dress up for York (4) 74 Saint, quite stable (5) 75 Society VIP past rebuke (4 81 Camel in Morocco, on tel 4) 83 Roué in scrape: male, 50s 8) 84 Due, in smart skirt (7) 85 Bee in girl's plants (5) 86 Securing with chess ploy (7) 94 Eastern king's short name (4) 95 Queen in excellent area (4) 96 Sharp Union split (5) 97 Towards a point in profit (5) 99 Fish I dress (4) 100 Foil for disc over eye (4) 102 In same place lives a bird (4) 103 Mollusc makes one muse (4) Book prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.
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