Crossword 577

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 18 October. Entries to: Crosswohl 577, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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The unclued lights (four of them of two words and a fifth op- tionally hyphened) are of a kind. Ignore two accents.

Name Address ACROSS 10 They thrive on fruit-juice — or hops, laid out (10) 14 Just the fish to knock Scotch back, one in series (6, hyphened) 17 Case short: some Bordeaux's in study (5) DOWN

I 2/3 keg inside one: it's fruity (5) 2 Indulgence, half cut, gets us: it

attacks the head (5) 3 Dries out about 50 louts (6) 4 Fish: scoff with 1/2 Asti (5) 5 Spreads old broken presses (7) 6 Possible effect of this old wine- based beverage? (6) 7 Northern beers around the South, yet? No more (9) 9 Like interval music, ill-tuned air drunkenly played (11) o f 13 Where a man's to be found in Eastern booze-up (7) 18 Cheese-taster with drop of Riesling — not so fresh (5)

20 Before rum old boy's not easily understood (7)

21 Greek full of stale booze, one with bellyache? (7) 23 End of 'The Grapes' demolished sign (7) 24 Greeting from husband imbib- ing litre (5) 25 Disturbed about rolling feature of butts? (5) 27 Lie with addled nut and remorse (7) 30 One local has hangover, second takes top off a pint? (7)

32 N. Africans — one's 'lit', reel- ing (7)

36 Receive illicit stuff (Scotch)? Decline again (5) 37 Toper's last in queue, turning grey och ay! (5) 38 Heady glow, feature of Mass (6) 39 Dash in muscatel? Angostura? (4) 41 Coconut fibre one's found in short stopper (4) 42 Dram at a party, colouring agent for one who never drinks (14, two words)

15 Like a bender tipsy curate 'On 22 (A8) chemical from t' reek''ill. 26

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