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A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 18 March. Entries to: Crossword 998, The Spectator, 56 Doughty

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The unclued lights (three not confirmed by Chambers are in the OED) are of a kind. One other light is of two words.

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1 Destruction of a maggot midst the clary (8)

5 Present, as it were, a deplorable spectacle (6) 9 Like 14 trying out a measure abroad (10) 16 Was weighed down, behold, by port! (6) 17 Sounds sweet, this, brother (5) 18 River Tinto creature — (5)

20 — a river without, confines cost (7)

22 'Tis in a mood, the devil (7) 24 Part of organ, as Schmieder bore out (7) 26 Salient angle of one having to hang around (5) 31 So much French spirit gives one hysterics (7) 33 This convict's a non-drinking one, in with a thick head (7) 37 Stuff and nonsense (5) 38 Town in North that's nothing to be sorry about for a start (5) 39 Excentric synonym? Yes! (6) 41 Trial of former fairy — troops suited to a T! (10) 42 Rally round a Sports Centre concourse (6) 43 Practise taking a bird out — he's without any right, initially! (8) DOWN 1 Surgery lots may stop at, perhaps (13) 2 Face up to your heart being small and elegant (5) 3 Cat that's King in the roof of the world (6) 7 Finish, say, about noon, with main meal half left (6) 8 Indian 34 appearing topless (4) 10 Akin to the gluttons the French turned into strike-breakers? (6)

11 Maybe keeps a lot of them, one or other husband of Miss Fricker (9)

12 Bury dead bird taken to heart andput between layers (13) 13 Could be simple, to one who's controversial (8) 15 Seems a soft sort of feature an afterthought bears (7)

21 Having eminence, settled in an ancient city (8).

23 A low islet indeed could be rotten (7) 29 Catch up a bit on points (6) 30 Race about, certain Poles (6) 32 Stunt that's niggardly (6) 34 Endlessly long effusion'? Lot of rubbish!(5) 35 To the French, German's not half a bore? It was! (5) 36 Wax derived from 8 (4)