CROSSWORD
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 13 March, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1452, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
One unclued Fght has, according to Brewer, certain things in it; six unclued lights (one hyphened) represent them. The 38, and 37, occupy appropriate positions in relation to the key light.
Name Address
ACROSS 1 Soothsayer stopped by chief inspector (8) 5 Sharp pain from tack? (6) 14 Butt and cask brought round (3) 16 Insect for crane (6) 17 Bird on old wall (5) 20 Open spaces in which one wears skates (7) 22 Character (wanting recipe) eats capital salad (7) 24 Battered ship takes in liquid, leaning somewhat leftward (7) 26 Certainty about measure (5) 28 Noble English ship without lugs
(7)
31 Fresh air inside hollow eggs (7) 33 Brisk stage in awkward oral (7) 39 Edward cooks tubers (6) 40 Part of personality shown by love for language (3) 41 Sailor, bad time over, dances (10) 42 Slight suspicion vicious hater's after 15's head (6) 43 Boundary fielder's skid (8) DOWN 1 Incredible goat, entertaining as participant in race (13) 2 Cashier, yearly less active (5) 3 Canadian upland dwelling, above water in Quebec? (6) 4 Minister's circle beset by jealousy
(5)
6 Ancient monument, mostly well-kept, rested on height (7) 8 Ship's company boasted (4) 10 Sweetbread, so full of goodness, served up (6) 12 Status enjoyed by elder star, imbibing best sherry merrily • (13) 19 Hymn ten choirs rendered (9) 21 New person worried about hot filtration units (8) 23 Cope with Chinese songs, retaining bit of Mandarin (7) 27 Good man, in silence most dignified (7) 29 Part of Amazon album not arranged in regions (6) 30 Vow in positive vein (6) 32 Writ's opening almost with anger (6) 34 Slow movements or fast one (5) 35 Goblin's song (5) 36 Month in which drama school's set up (4)
Solution to 1449: Storm-tossed
14, 27, 39, 42 1D and 16 (defined by 30D, 9, 3, 18, 32 and 8) were ANA- GRAMS (6) of some of THE DRAMATIS PERSONAE OF THE TEMPEST — Miranda, Adrian, Alonso, Stephano, Prospero and Ariel.
First prize: Paul Henderson, London. Runners-up: Michael Morrison, London; Philip Burns, Cheshire.
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