CROSSWORD 827: Which's which by Mass
A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions opened on 12 October. Entries to: Crossword 827, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.
20 radial lights run from rim to centre and 20 vice versa. Each major segment has three normal clues and one clue whose definition only sounds normal. The clockwise circuit next to the outer one contains a theme-word and five associated words (one in Brewer, but not Chambers).
Name Address RADIALS (6) 1 Waist! Sweet centre's ignored 2 Winds? The northerly pierces 3 Wrong measure for cakes 4 Duck, fish and tripe 5 Moderate in mood 6 Critic cut the Queen 7 Seabird in fresco — tern 8 Pail, comparatively small thing, round about 9 Flower's back, at front of wood 10 Plant lies derelict to NE 11 Stalks, see, endless matches re- turned 12 Seizure? 'E's seen in pane 13 Coal round North doubled — a stack 14 Play? Sartre's is deadly 15 Shear carbon copy 16 Start back, following local boundary ridge 17 Short game on the Italian shingle 18 Fare at end of July, sonny 19 Dramatic that is, nice acting
20 This might be caught in fiery whirls
21 Shake in t-trench at zero 22 Boxer's first in test, relating to breed 23 None satisfied, eating the Span- ish dish?
24 French girl with time gets ban- ned 25 Fixed round sum for helmet 26 Subtly melts, imbued with En- glish charm 27 Part of band for head-dress 28 Occupation — coarse in Shakespeare 29 Sea: stirring tonic — to a point 30 Reportedly pounced on mite? 31 Cooler has power increased aud- ibly 32 Consumed with drama part 33 Drunken stevedore's dropped metal strip 34 Map out force in river 35 Square cleaned, knocked off 36 Had small draft conveyed secret- ly, pound short 37 How lassie stitches, tries draw- ing in bit of thread 38 Rough out in southern ship 39 Props from beeches 40 Scotch chokes, rather, gulped by SS The solution to Crossword 824 is on page 53. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.
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