Crossword 693

DOWN 1 The minstrel and cook got freedom from slavery (14) 2 Uttered 'Time up' on Heath (7) 3 Snacks — grain in lungs (10, two words) 4 Mean, because of 10d (6) 5 Indication of cold joints, we hear

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7 Dismiss parking area (5, two words or hyphened) 8 Maintain short clause has point

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9 He works in code and plasters on silver inside mounting, here endlessly (14) 16 Member of Aborigine group?

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18 Blackleg, namely sailor (4) 19 Colour obtained from grape-peel mixed with last bit of brown (10, two words) 22 Upper-class deity brought round a cheese (5) 29 Supplying Parliament lost time

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33 Old trader's singular tool (5) 34 President Hall's girl (5) 35 Carried, we hear,the limit! (5) 37 Pointless anger, maybe (4) A first prize of £20 and two others of CIO (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, 1983 edition, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first three correct solutions Opened on 18 February. Entries to: Crossword 693, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Each unc ued across light (all are 1 across, which includes 10) becomes one of the unclued down lights (one hyphened).

Name Address ACROSS

,1 See preamble (14, two words) tI This man's soul is part of the target (5) 113 Antelope one included in long Story (5) 4 Avoid death and poison (7) 1175 Like recollecting (10) New ew painter is reticular (5)

• OPpose Shakespearian agent waving gun (6)

23 Tales of noted daring (4) 26 !es almost nearly favourable

27 Judgment — in short (5)

28 Type novel (5)

A (4) stake gets Spenser's back up 36 Turkish chief accepted gold coin (5)

38 Casual move could be like

39 hollyhocks (10) He has taste for impressive old Practice (7)

40 Animal noise from the man next door, having lost most of 35

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.t' near 30, but could sound like an 8 (5)

43 Forebode heart-break and mind wrath (14, two words)

The solution to Crossword 690 is on page 36. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.