Crossword 701

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 15 April. Entries to: Crossword 701, The Spectator, 56 Dom,hty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Six of the clues have two solutions, one of which is to be entered as the appropriately numbered light and the other elsewhere in the diagram. Ignore hyphens and an apostrophe.

Name Address ACROSS 4 Bang on target, a flyer's flyer! 1 Lashed out a hundredth of a pound — than which there's nothing smaller (5)

(9) DOWN 11 Comparatively odd sort of o

12 One or two fish (7) without for some kid's mother 15 Where to find water-colours a 16 Convey meaning (6) one of the USA (4)

22 Get-together producing many a 10 Schematic form of grilling (9) I 23 Basking-shark plumb centre in (7)

24 Bit near in the morning (4) (6)

25 Man of peace by the sound of it 17 Follows taste in pattern 01

(4) tweeds (9)

27 Scratch out one accepted as 18 A jolly sick one, this frill! (7)

29 Note one skilled in the laws 32 Caught in lead, perhaps (6) 28 Oversea's money to the rig"' 34 Joint episcopal dignity (5) horseman (7)

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36 Angel wine of the Plantagenets? (6)

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37 Militant female Flower Person (6)

2 Straw-man's capital pullover (5) 4 Upset some rural midnight spins 1 Some devilish awkward place of

worship somewhere west of London (10)

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tumbler (6) 7 Article a nurse obtained, go108

(9) monarch appears in (5) 8 They hold their liquor, say, i°

work unit income (8) 13 One to beat a really fast horse middle of poles' angle (7) 15 Pair of pets likely to create a clio

dross (7) 19 Socialists otsuader guard accuse in u

embracing a poet (8) 21 Insensitive? It's limited! (6) „

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33 Bolt cut in mid-week (5) 39 A waxwing — one rabbiting (9) 34 Refuse to stuff up (4) The solution to Crossword 698 is on page 39. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the Post-a-Book' service.