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A first prize of 120 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 19 February. Entries to: Crossword 944, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Each italic definition gives an answer (with ength in brackets) which must be entered as a 9D (using nine abbreviations). The resulting lights are eight words and one phrase. Chambers does not give 30A (in the OED), two proper nouns, and the familiar title.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Sloppiness? Isn't 'slime' meant, maybe? (14)

8 T. Berry, British actor (4)

10 Craving for Bordeaux etc? A gallon I am cracking (10) 12 Doddies born in the field? (4) 14 Short old hose and strip of tow (6) 17 Married woman's divine food (5) 18 Drunken group, storming (5) 20 Diatomite, lithium, on short stand in lab (7)

21 Man has dog trimmed (7)

23 Brother has cask for silk stuff (7) 24 Yanks second gadget (5) 25 Lady MP, a legend almost (5) 27 Fit state, or prone condition? 7) 30 Wife's back in Eastern fabric 7) 32 Food around Michigan for horned screamer (7) 36 Frenchman in Rhode Island af- ter fowl (5) 37 Some nomadic, enigmatic old tribe (5) 38 Point in ram gets strongholds (6) 39 Fool left in a spot (4) 40 Knots these loosened bows (10, hyphened) 41 Short handle's tied (4) 42 In atoning manner, convincingly (14) DOWN

1 Pen (3) 2 Kind of bread (3)

3 Monitor uranium again, reactive outside (6)

4 Highest note (3, hyphened)

5 A winning move, making match as before (7) 6 Clerk's last point's rewritten — using this? (6)

7 Relating to divination (6)

9 See preamble (11, three words) 11 Blighted? Lopped, survived (6)

13 Sunhat (4)

15 Man's marks (in bribes) for spe- cious statements (8) 16 Light flux I ponder over, sense- less about coulomb (11) 19 The Italian in bistro ordered cones (8)

21 Under union ban (5) 22 Slowly (5)

26 Odd store carrying church vest- ments (7) 28 Chief point in betting odds (6) 29 Gypsy in drink raised love-song (6) 31 Melodious item in scenario, song-like (6) 33 Fellow managed club's money

34 Pavourite (3) 35 Contend with (3)