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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 13 June. Entries to: Crossword 860, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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To the solution to each unnumbered clue a word has to be 40 to make the word (one hyphened) forming an otherwise unclued light. The 40 words, like six of the normal lights, are of a kind, all referred to in Chambers. One other light is hyphened.

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To US, an islafid; to the French,

a river. . Stop me going back to a pub. Vegetables in favour, once back- ed by Poles. Take note — continue without this formidable type! 1 Prompt 14 (5) 11 Shabby end for tail-end Charlie in Scotland (6) 14 He invites one to search (5) 15 A bit tight, this key? (5)

16 In, say, religious works, is a novel character, (6)

22 Not included in part assigned to whom in Rome maybe Antony endlessly embraced (8) 23 Songs and dances a number appear in (7) 24 Mammal of the plaice genus (4)

25 21's heartbroken for Foot? (4) 27 Made good a wager by a boy. (7) 29 VeSsel left beside a tree in a strait (8)

32 Tree-feller concealed by biblical king (6) 34 Rapid make-up for a slut (5) 35 Infect with aspiration to he a forger (5) 36 One poet's tempo (7) 37 Whence one left wearing ducks? (6) 39 Best substituted by a girl's object- ive? In 28 it's the reverse! (9) 40 Note under square in part elabo- rated (5) DOWN . .

Neat piece of orthodoxy. Semi-roadhouse built of wood? Sole boat.

Round about five pound is still something precious.

2 Was bent under (5) 3 Jock's a quarter on account of . mine (6) 4 Discharged from bearing-in up- river (7) 5 In the sky, among fish (7) 6 Catty about the French mathe- matician (5) 7 In the first plate upset some hybrids (9) 8 Disthal take-away? Lively! (4) 13 Letter of thanks enclosing £2 in cash (7) 15 Monkeys' headgear (6) 17 From A to Z one figuratively is RC in practice (9) 18 The sole highwayman? (7) 20 Drug injection before one dies? Not half! (9) 21 Fool describing a doctor's open- ing (6) 26 Promoted? Hoots, mon! (7) 28 See 39 (7) 31 Nun's wine unfinished? (5) 33 Conclude it's a topknot? (5) 34 No end to a Scotsman's strength of character (4)