CROSSWORD 901: I'm all right by Jac
A first prize of 120 and two further prizes of 110 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 10 April. Entries to: Crossword 901, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
The unclued lights (one hyphened) are somewhat self-evident.
Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Pain-killer lad got in exchange when in action, perhaps (14) 10 Overload a MN officer? (10) 14 Scattered letters in all directions to a certain extent (6) 17 Larval stages of a girl — a Scots one! (5) 18 Beast in a state that's without charm (5) 20 Press on — that's food! (7) 21 Judges form in Hell (7) 23 Money advanced a child — a reserve fund? (7) 24 Taking shelter in a way is a sign of bad weather (5) 25 Stages of flight (5) 27 One's one Lear backed in National (7) 30 Got in way of legislator getting ex-secretary in a state (7) 32 It's a sign of confusion, following Homer when thus described (7) 36 Trojan backing for trouble in Ulster (5) 37 A subsidiary US private (5) 38 Avoids bearing woe's return (6) 39 Cuts some roots (4) 40 English impressionist's increase in income — about to establish a gain as legal tender, say? (10) 41 It is spoken of with fervour during Lent (4) 42 This publication's 5? (14) DOWN 1 Confound one to five hundreds of fish (5) 2 Rave about a tax up in Scotland?
) 3 Basket-makers needing aspira- tion to become dealers (6) 4 Works with or without upset (5) 5 See 42 (7) 11 Compiles about a hundred orders (6) 13 Is nothing, without an odd sort of breathing-space (7) 15 Spiked, in a measure, and squabbled about it (8)
21 They may ruin a girl's bloomers (9)
22 Mainstay? Almost wholly, perhaps! (7) 26 Undermine? That isn't wise! (7) 29 A book's dimensions (6) 31 Examples of 39 the Roman peo- ple introduced (6) 33 Monk's joyful cry of 'fish' (5) 34 It is partly right for part of a year
(5)
35 Drink fit for a king (5)
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