Crossword 668

Prize: f10 — or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, 1983 edition (ring the word 'Dictionary' under name and address) — for the first correct solution opened on 13 August. Entries to: Crossword 668, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued I'ghts are of a kind. Ignore one accent.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Economic analysis involved many giant coconuts (14, hyphened) 11 Noisy fuss about a little house by state hospital (5, hyphened) 12 See 20 (4) 13 Was low, being barred from motorway? (5) 15 Divine Vera Cook who served the regiment (10) 17 A state, or, in France, a province once (5) 20 Fellow lodger put 12 back in 28, maybe (8, hyphened) 21 Old character has to finish perm (6, hyphened) 23 To conclude, endless reform (4) 26 One's established advantage (5) 27 Specialised skill, it's said, not at all (5) 28 See 20 (4) 36 Brought towards, in twos, head to tail (5) 38 Somehow, 42 + 30 – U = 220y (10, two words) 40 Forbid thanks before expression• 3 Article on food at Oxford House (10, two words) 5 Herb about busy scene (5) 6 Gonzales enters old city to start voyage (8, hyphened)

of disapproval (5)

41 Dress up 37 10 (4) 42 See 38 (5) 43 In quiet (but not tight) clothes (14, two words) DOWN I Exchanging ideas, cutting.

negative issues out (14, two words) 7 Bird in Spain and Uruguay (5) 8 Confine Mass in one shed (5) 9 Coming from the Congo, Donald had felt apprehension (14, four words) 10 County Blue (4) 16 To which cowboys travelled with love? (5) 18 Liberal raised one fabric (4) 19 I'd lift fruit after juice vanishes (10) 22 We hear it's time to grieve (5) 25 He painted Miss Martin topless (4) 33 Public procession before first Bolshevik's discharge (5) 34 Doctor who saves one's bacon?

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35 Nature's pattern (5) 37 See 41 (4)