Crossword 632

A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 21 November. Entries to: Crossword 632, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The omitted across lights are of a kind, as also are the unclued down lights; 39 is in Collins English Dictionary.

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Address ACROSS I Afterwards a story about 19a, maybe (12, four words) 12 Expelling worms makes fulmar give out (10) 14 Spike — or some beard — of corn (3) 17 Unit for bird by railway (5) 18 He ruins — or does he? — a dazzling beauty (7)

19 See i (6) 22 Provides metal in vehicles (6)

24 Stuffed jacket one removed from battle (5) 26 It's used in welding outstanding synthetic fabric, with no sign of hesitation (9) 27 Old Penny left Porthmadog, smashing X-ray machine (9) 34 Look back to Cathedral, once, promptly (6) 36 Underhand, audible appeal to fish (7) 38 Mac's payments (5) 39 He writes songs for London theatre first (8) 40 Idaho's nickname for jewel (3) 41 Protective covers for money pamphlets (10, hyphened) 43 When right, a cut is certainly no worse (12, four words)

DOWN

2 Does secretarial work and closely observes article within (10, three words) 4 Tent seen through private peep- hole (5) 5 Wandering around rear with old coin (9) 7 It's commonplace losing right apostrophe (5) 8 Temple's old weathercock (4) 9 Musician caught Liberal painter without single snare (12) I I Mineral issue — one unknown, reversion (8) 13 Hills these tailless sheep entered (12, two words) 16 German banker up from Lower Hanover (3) 19 Loveless trilogy adapted neatly (6) 20 Sir Robin's son is not a boarder (6, hyphened) 21 Peculiar levitation of key rela- tionship (10) 25 Rotten matter on account of tumour (8) 30 District with cold house for cowboy (6) 32 Avoid tent-flap (3) 33 Mac's directions up the furrow (5) 35 Sound of the brood for the worm of a dog's tongue (5)