CROSSWORD 1075: 42A by Mass

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 21 September, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1075, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, The unclued lights ( one is hyphened, four are phrases ann two are plurals) comprise the title and six associations. Each italic clue is an anagram of the light with a certain letter missing (suggesting effective 42A). The COD gives 16D and SD is a Latin etymon.

Name Address ACROSS

8 Fragment of verse from William Barnes (4) 10 I start car (10)

14 A French box? Not sure (6) 17 Jock's concerned with worker round NE (5)

18 Sign of iodine in Mars? (5) 20 Rip rug (7) 21 Repast (7)

23 Coastal area, one in flower at mouth of Aude (7)

24 A rag (5)

25 Girl, not quite dressed, with artist (5)

30 Rest up (7) 32 RM raid ('7)

36 A grand primate's Christian love

(5) r Aimost cow with iron fist, as

before (5) 38 A trail; nsing (6) 39 Dwarf, some sadistic hobglobin 40 hough waste meets rocks (10) 41 Managed last of roast ham (4) DOWN 1 I'm probing into flabby genus of slugs (5) 2 Mineral? Group has top re- moved (5) 3 Pork-pie supplier with tart he baked? (6) 4 Fool about in saltpetre (5)

5 Santur (7)

6 Skulls Eastern queen found in cases (6)

7 Tugs ears (9)

11 Slogger, or one who nicks? (6) 13 Strategy? Finesse is masking second of aces (7)

15 Priest among eyesores in old haunts (8) (92s off, circling about 2221 FSeamaconntitcak (7 26 Ar)

ticle on poet's musical piece

(7) 28 A sear (6)

29 Bntish runner's tonic (6)

31 Inferiorg,od grips Saint with horror (6)g

33 Fork for fishing pike? (5) 34 Religion? Academic address is 35 endless ( t sounds like fun (5)

Solution to 1072: August The title suggested 12, 13 27, 40 (synonyms) and 1, 3, 16, 17 (clowns, variously).

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