Crossword 650
Prize: £10 — or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, 1983 edition (ring the word 'Dictionary' under name and address) — for the first correct solution opened on 9 April. Entries to: Crossword 650, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.
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ACROSS 1 The food's a mockery (5)
4 Ancient Yemeni people with con- diment and a plant yielding fellow reigned till neer 11 vy2ra6yt (5) large 12 Metric system seen in graph writ- ten in flowing pi hl aesncrerriipcartra((s75h)) (5) 15 vAegryr grain for
21 Source of fuel — mace, also, maybe (8, two words) 22 Dissolute rake taking in weapon reserve for future use (7) 24 Records including love-poem (4) 25 Medicine-chest from Kinross (4) 27 Of the sole colonist, we hear (7) 34 Less edifying drone (5) 35 Tropical plant — one seen in row (5)
37 Steal old money for baby-wear (7)
38 Blunt sailor with Goddess (5) 39 Degrees compiler gets for man-
40 Pneorlsit(ic1i0a)ns from the US? (9)
41 Vehicles returned. Fine! (5) 1 Mute with lifelike die (13, two DOWN 3 Custard has been half glazed (6) words) 4 French food is nothing without one on board (6) 5 Struggle past on November 1st (4) 6 Old girls reviewed manual on
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among collection (5) 10 They kill themselves getting slums referred for change (13, hyphened) 13 Girl from a circle (7) 19 Be a good chap — a servant who attends the groom (7, two words) 23 Ample sailor and German worker (8) 26 Places to sell young fish, but not Turkey (7) 31 Plan whole set (6) 32 Drunk climbing storehouse (5) 36 Description of a Bill about to become a Measure? (4)
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