CROSSWORD 1237: Collection box by Monk
A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1989 Port for the first correct solution opened on 11 December, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the Cham- bers Dictionary – ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Cross- word 1237, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Nine otherwise unclued lights are defined, in random order, by: CHISEL — DESTROY PLANT STRUCTURE; GOSSIPING PLAYERS LEAD COMPANY INSPECTION.
Name Address ACROSS
1 South African regional strength for all to see (5)
4 Cease rust damaging shears (9) 12 Salt, one pinch for Mac (7) 15 Quarrel with cook about recipe
(5)
16 Involved in game puzzle (6) 22 Fine condition, neckwear, for a decade (7) 25 Charged particles in millions (4)
27 Blood I spilt, active in top game (7 28 On)
ce one's reviewed leading part for high-flier? (8, hyphened) 33 Vessels with ABs out at sea (6, hyphened) 34 Finished, fixed, but defaced (5) 35 Brittle brown residue (5) 37 Harsh treatment inflamed hand (7, two words) 39 Excitedly get at daily exercises (10) 40 Instrument the Parisian assembled in plaster (9) 41 Tinters unknown in the German Saar, initially (5) DOWN 1 One can't retain RAM digits! (13, hyphened) 2 Sloth clique's exposing (6) 3 Whips right away from crowds (6) 4 Runs into vapour flow (6) 5 Vessel which heats up 36 (4) 6 Old spies climbing after chief
(7)
7 Heading off guard dog (5) 8 Intelligent, incomplete explanation (8) 10 Wayward seigneurs soil piety (13) 13 Ship fin entangled swimmer (7) 15 Academic, indeed, American prophet (6) 17 Away? A trend about Sunday (6) 19 Double-keyed part on centre of Yale (7) 20 Church in commemoration cut things fine (6) 23 Excessive, heartless, simple (8) 26 Bloaters cooked, wanting a bit of lemon and salt (7) 30 Joey rising in good condition? Quite the opposite! (6) 31 Old fodder in Jock's stew recipe (6) 36 Pay up 5 (4)
Solution to 1234: Fog
The other unclued lights were sug- gested by the components of PEA- SOUP (38).
First prize: Mrs E. M. Simmonds, Chobham, Surrey. Runners-up: Mr D. Morris, London SE19; Ms J. Swire, London SW3.
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