Crossword 564

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 19 July. Entries to: Crossword 564, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights have something in common. Disregard one ac- cent.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Cancels visits on foot (8, two words) 5 Half — as in Dr Johnson's open- ings (6) 10 Mob meant to be heard, making a tumult (10) 12 Dickens's Dogberry? (6) 13 Mines a small company to meet a possible split (8, hyphened) 16 Freeman caught taking unusual role (5) 17 Bird recorded before orchestra. Take apparatus (7) 18 Dreadful crumbling — support the centre (7) 20 Is a heavy blow enough for a Manxman? (8) 26 Welsh mechanical contrivance for stripping a thresher (7) 28 Forbidding one to smirk (7) 31 Check, before he apprehends (8) 34 Request the old Head to return about one, for plant (7) 39 French girl returns another spell- ing of 32 (5) 40 Animal about in pen needs back- ing (8) 41 A listless 'flower of the hazel glade' (6) 42 Poor half back meets a more amusing Puffing Billy (10, hyphened) 43 Mountain range, I wander in it (6) 44 Goldfish on quarterdeck form into a compact mass (8) DOWN 2 Lip-reading 'The French War' in Latin (8) 4 Iron off the land held in fee (5) 6 Disentitled (4) 7 Support bobbin by the stapes (11, hyphened) 9 Art of top conference summary, one has been put out by it (8) 11 Organ corresponding with

another one? Well, nothing bet- ter! (7) 14 Flower causing a blush to rise (4)1 16 One or two things for a rider's comfort (11, hyphened)

19 Clown climbing palm (4) 21 Tradesman from Ryde (4) 22 Animal to take as a water carrier (4)

23 Undesirable suitor has an edge, in a broken catch (9)

24 'Which came first?' Has he the answer? (7, hyphened)

25 Cools tail parts of whales (4) 27 Favourite, one hole 14, decorated with corolla leaves (8)

30 Hide a cocktail in shame (4) 31 Banker, possibly, in a rage (5) 32 That is put up to flog old vinegar (6) 33 Shakespeare's servant with Spenser's weapon (6)

35 Proves to be well and happy, gel' ting rupees (5)

38 Girl has right time (4)