CROSSWORD 1006: 16D by Mass
A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 13 May. Entries to: Crossword 1006, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.
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16D, comprising two words entered in a way suggested by part of a proverb, is the prototype for the other unc ued lights (whose barred letters form the anagram: ONE'S IN STORE? HOLD, HANG ON, FOR ONCE).
Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 9 A salary to satisfy, as of old (4) 13 Brilliant capturing Queen in be- ginning (4) 15 Neat he hustled into compound (6) 17 Lashes caught flanks (5)
18 Dismay once shown by a deputy (5)
20 Stone reduced? Man's most au- stere (8) 21 36's back, note, is furrowed (7) 23 Cook steaks rare — rounded,
24 PmriinnctesdneTative in short roll (5)
26 SE ram's physique (5, 28 hyphened) Bird close, near boat (7, 32 Wrongly judge one Saint, to the hyphened) letter, among martyrs (7) 34 Study of mountains (oleo) spoilt in revel (8)
36 Jock's quarters right among isles (5) 38 Joey has Mass's Chambers? (5)
39 Stuff, say, with spots, folded over (6) 40 Advanced during time of dawn (4) 42 Bird in fine nest (4) DOWN I Cross, in a disturbed drowsy state (8)
2 Standard? Certainly not par! (5)
3 Vicious creature wrecked apiary 4 nglish mare's food (4) 5 A period before unruly type perturbed (7) 6 Wingless? Fitter needs alumi- nium (7) 7 Live in boat? Nomad? (6) 8 Wields edge of ax, splitting second timber up (6) 14 Islander with group raised in Man? (7) 16 See preamble 19 Blood-space in tissue is sound, I made out (8) 22 Leafy area of the soil often kicked up (7) 25 Sees term reorganised for course (8) 27 Oceanic wind quietly rising over endless ice (7) 29 Imbue with elegance, English class (7) 30 Pot-plant? Broken basin holds nothing (6) 31 Journal's unsurpassed (6) 33 Northern plants, pulled up, scat- tered (6) 35 Sold tutor's first primer (5) 37 Hart mistaken for goat (4)
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