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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 10 September. Entries to: Crossword 973, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL 1

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The unclued lights and those clued without overall definition hear a common similarity, though it is different in each case. Elsewhere, ignore one accent.

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ACROSS 1 Hybrid spaniel's rib (13, hyphened) 11 Could be a wide actor in the crowd (5) 13 Sheep wandering around edge of royal domain (6) 15 Check old bird (5) 16 See 31 (4) 19 In France, certain or in America

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22 oxer in ebbing river (7) 23 Moth, say, coming to and fro by river (5) 24 Court action (5) 26 Angler, could be Marsdon (7) 29 Naval sword made from copper salts (7) 34 A case of ineffective tuition (4) 35 Arabs' tent-village; one in grim surrounding (5) . . , 36 . . Northern Norway's bleak surroundings for fish (6) 37 It's futile putting Mrs Swan back in it (5) 38 Delays making one doctor hav- ing to take a long time (7) 40 They never meet corresponding with canons (13, two words) DOWN

1 Scpottish plain's acres ploughed u(5 2 Glyce)

rine ester traceable through the whole interior (5) 3 Ready for hot contest (5, hyphened) 4 Fish one's about to locate (6) 6 Engineer's first: new retro-wing- flap (6) 7 Stores grass up amongst oaks, say (9) 9 Altered the new printing on note-paper (10) 10 A coarse-sounding hint (6) 12 Base coin (7) 14 Artist brought round a kit for Scottish organs (8) 17 Film idols from Russia, former- ly, without equals (10) 18 Row about element; one con- cerning botanist (8) 20 Kids' fish and bird smashing tablet (9) 27 Receives Eisteddfodic graduates enthusiastically (6) 28 The source of all microscopic organisms: extremely basic animals (6) 29 Sea-trip suggested by appropri- ate staff (6) 31 Best conceivable form of 16A ) 32 Enter harbour and lodge (5, two words) 33 Heraldic decorations with wooden ridges (5)