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A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £12.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 14 July. Entries to: Crossword 764, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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Name Address ACROSS 10 Six balls too much (4) 12 French public officers are mean social workers (10) 14 Seine's clean once (3) 17 Stranger backing revolutionary party (5) 18 The French stable-boy having space to sit (7) 19 A jolly tune first for the RAF (6, hyphened) 22 Fish returning into silent en- vironment (6) 24 Out East, afternoon off-shore? (5, two words) 27 Isolate dismissed for one? (9, two words) 31 Pipe suggesting how to grow rhubarb? (6) 34 Unwholesome exhalations from motorway — for instance, mile- stone (6) 38 Mark English is frightened (5) 39 Champion bringing back list round about second series (8) 40 Earthenware drain (3) 41 Object aimed at cross is at risk (10) 42 Badgered love quitting round-up (4) 43 Amicability having half-day with Les Dennis, maybe (12) DOWN

2 Ill-advised rage and yearning (10, two words)

3 Low stool Tory lord lifted, that is (7)

4 Bore amid craven nuisances (5)

5 End of flight, crashing at its roof (9) 6 Confine to barracks one after the other, it's said (6) 7 Lie with duke and Scottish land- owner (5) 8 Emperor in the hothouse (4) 9 Makes out staminal part has nothing in it for TV quiz prog- ramme (12, three words) 11 Central Hendon and Sydney affected like some radio circuits (8) 13 Loach helps me out (12, two words) 16 Useless course for Homer (3) 19 Badly mauled (6) 21 Moths digest more, as a change (10) 25 Instrument old townsmen brought up to censor (8) 30 Candle from French company on River Garonne's edges (6) 32 A florin's a dolt (3) 33 Artist hung up silk dress (5) 35 Rather long fungus (5) 37 Thin and drooping (4)

The solution to Crossword 761 is on page 45. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the Post-a-Book' service.