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1003: Elevens by Mass

A first prize of £20 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 22 April. Entries to: Crossword 1003, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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23 29 30 27 28 36 34 35 40 ___1— I _ 41 43 / 1 1 1— 1

The title might define a 16 with 4 or 13, perhaps, or a 17 including 3, prepared in a 1, say, for the 43 of a 40. Two of these lights are plurals, and one is a definition used by Chambers for a listed word. Ignore an accent.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 4 See preamble (11) 11 I audibly smear Northerner (9) 12 Petite and mischievous (5) 13 See preamble (11, hyphened) 14 Bag US plotters almost (4) 15 Tree snake (3) 18 She'll succeed, causing anger in German (7) 19 Alexander's followers in time, boor and I? (7) 22 Haar from water following in marsh (6, hyphened) 23 Most attractive French city street (6)

24 English dunce's backward poem (5)

27 A temper? Make amends (5) 29 Two girls, we hear, succeed (6, two words) 31 Bracket wi' t' nail (6) 34 Shredded as before — rent, too, in pieces (7, hyphened) 35 Eminent number on list (7) 38 One near 27's old? (3) 39 Nick right in whip handle (4) 40 See preamble (11)

41 Chinese official, male, in a bar (5)

42 Dice from a shaken glass, involv- ing turn of skill (9) 43 See preamble (11) DOWN 1 See preamble (11)

2 Scottish rockfall ruined car in SE (5)

3 See preamble (11, two words) 5 Drawers are lush, tipsy (7) 6 Charge about grass (6) 7 Card with Latin plant (6) 8 Made fresh attempt to be heard again (7) 9 Rough yards, 'opeless places (4) 10 A dosing is wrong for descrip- tion of illness (9) 15 Pale like white wood (5) 16 See preamble (11, two words) 17 See preamble (11, two words) 20 Mass has new motor, ice cutter

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21 Ring tailless old bird (3) 25 Mint no royal coin(5) 26 Lengthen, likewise (3) 28 Earthy matter renewed in part

(7)

30 Volcanic disturbance of anten- nae, dislodging pole (7) 32 Corrupt as before with vice den's endless rot (6) 33 Rode up, scattered dust as be- fore (6) 36 Sweet money (5) 37 Like Arabic sandy ridges (4)