Crossword 689

Prize: £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, 1983 edition, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first correct solution opened on 21 January. Entries to: Crossword 689, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The solutions to the asterisked clues (one hyphened and all in Chambers) are of a singular kind. At least two other solutions are hyphened and a third is a phrase. Ignore one accent.

Name Address ACROSS 1 *One or two like this make . . .

(11) 7 *. . . this (3) 11 *Sexual molester (6) 13 Tree put out among a number

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15 Lake encircled by a lake-bird (5) 16 City Constable, backing favourite (5) 17 Charm with interminable talk of death, as it were (6) 18 One might, violently (5) 20 A dollar bill, suited to a T as an original document (6) 21 A young person to leave in the lurch (5) 22 In 3 parts in single whorls — in 10, a thousand — in extremes of seasonableness (7) 27 In part of France, a song about a fabulous female (7) 29 *40'5 after sand for it (5) 30 Without the reverse of good backing in a conference (6) 32 In Scotland, gives ear in endless school fights (5) 34 Rises a follower dances round (6) 36 *One singing one note (5) 37 *See 23 (5) 38 English divine accompanying naked French actress (7) 39 Articles of wear of note (a footnote) the Scots jog in (6) 40 *This part of IA is 9 or 12 (3) 41 Various letters describing publicity appearing in mid-week editorials (11)

The solution to Crossword 687 is on page 32. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the Post-a-Book' service.

DOWN 1 An end concealed by a relict's unfortunate fenestral feature (10) 2 It's active in two States in support of physicians (8) 3 Family unit a girl embraced in anger (9) 4 Negress upset about poor shine — condition attributable to incipient verdigris? (12) 5 Effect translation of 16 in Old English (7) 6 *23 following a horse down under (8) 7 A strolling minstrel one follows in Town (5) 8 *See 31(4 9 *See 40 (6) 10 Detects dope aboard (5) 12 *See 40 (6) 14 Got out of the way, having danced like a goldfish (12) 19 Locks a number in in a couple of seconds without force (10) 21 *Vide infra (9) 23 *This 37 is 21D (8) 24 Laze about in disorganised hunt for fruit (8) " 25 *Misheard maybe a collie (6) 26 *Another name for a foreign savage (7) 28 Troy's initially Leftish capital taxonomic group (6)

31 *Bleak sort of Fynonym for an 8 (5)

33 Gas about Spenser's out of condition warp (5) 35 Being palindromic (4)