CROSSWORD
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 16 March. Entries to: Crossword 797, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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The unclued lights (one of two words, another hyphened) form two thematic quintets. Ignore two accents.
Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Mass? You won't find Mass in elegant shop (5) 9 Drink limits significant conclu- sions in bars! (10, two words) 11 Jock's score with Queen and Knight (6) 12 Like Peter Pan, say, retrogres- sive in a minor (7) 14 Protests from the people (5)
15 Fl Va)gs wagons about end of hike
23 Poorer joint, it's said — dire, demolished (7) 24 Flighty girls once in carriages (4) 25 Consults judges (4) 27 One in a motel stirred cereal food (7) 29 Such as certify deeds (polled) and sign (8) 32 Fish including mixed type fol- lowed (6) 34 One to enjoy equally (5) 35 Plant's milky juice formerly un- known (5) 37 French academic probing Orkney dialect (6) 38 Sudden inspiration in black squall (10) 39 Fates upset deists in East (9) 40 Stop Shakespearian fools reeling around? (5) DOWN 2 Farewell — and fade away in gold (5)
3 Cost! Blooming non- professional! (6)
4 Begging letter from, namely, a steward (7) 5 Wantons gad about in Danish parliament (7) 6 Transmit touching melody (5) 7 Copper, say, has mean spirit reportedly (9, two words) 8 Sauce from second dolt (4) 13 Ministers' clubs used to see off fishes! (7) 15 Girl models short stays (6) 17 Antagonists work on river loca- tions (9) 20 Officer suffered in river plunging deep at front (9) 21 Enter, take in specimen of work (6) 28 Speech shows intensity (7) 30 Old bar — goad, they say (6) 33 Genus of snakes, colourless around South (5) 34 Greedy old king, topped (4)
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