Crossword 705

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 13 May. Entries to: Crossword 705, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, Lond( n WCIN 21.1..

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The unclued lights three consisting of three words) are of a kind, verifiable in Chambers. Ignore one apostrophe.

Name Address ACROSS 6 Lie about pub losing top sort of glasses (7) 13 Complaint involving intestine almost! Yes! (9) 15 Warehouse without party dress (4) 16 Thinner nude lit poorly (7) 17 Disfigured female — one caught in act (7) 18 War-god, half despot (3) 19 Switched torch on; neither sent back timing device (10) 21 Birthmarks; I have one, when turning over (5) 24 Star from Japanese drama having verse accepted (4) 27 See 23 (4) 30 These cause rust: company car doesn't, somehow (10) 33 Apprehend escort (3) 35 Ancient Roman province having turbulent air and heat (7) 36 Matured Russian admits one writer (7) 37 Press club (4) 38 Suffered irritation from new night-coat (9, three words) 39 Strong winds strewn rose about (10, hyphened) 40 Tynesider's guinea (7) 41 Merry marine (5) DOWN 3 There's nothing different, ever, concerning city traffic flow (6, hyphened) 4 Pale face pigeon (9) 5 Ton-up journalist celebrated (5) 6 Gifts including free snaffles (8) 8 Chapter one; rejected footnote; it's important (5) 9 Tory's yacht lent out for biographer (14, two words) 10 Girl — one raising a leg (6) 12 Capital fellow, almost by himself at the start (6) 14 Clipped old copper with right and left, without thanks (6) 23 Short narrative about 27d etc (8) 26 RC priest in love-mask (6) 29 Shrink back from bird round lake (6) 31 Queen gets in a state about wool (6) 32 It's almost (almost) favourable recognition — in short (5) 35 Estimates local taxes (5) The solution to Crossword 702 is on page 43. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the Post-a-Book' service.