CROSSWORD

A first prize of 00 and two further prizes of 110 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions opened on 22 October. Entries to: Crossword 979, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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All the clues are of a kind, without overall definition The clues are presented in alphabetical order of their solutions, across and down. Solvers are required to assign the solutions to their correct places in the grid.

Name Address ACROSS A Unstable stable B Reactive metamer

C Tacit variation

D Twisted scowl

E New produce F Awful migraine G Altering altering H Off Helios I Over-sterile J Propel waywardly K Free ore L Was out M Misguided actions N Mutilated redcaps O Incorrect sea-term P Various tweeds Q Edited bestiary R Tramples roughly S Unstructured negativism (hyphened) T Pureed nectarines U Drunken assentor ✓ Ripped dungaree (hyphened) DOWN a Ace ITV broadcast b Re-designed awners c Mistakenly wary d Wild desecration e Poorly made f It is done wrong g From Castile h Novel item i Brag about j Dismembered ridgels k Crumpled toga

I Nigel's queer

m Crooked mile n Redoubts collapsed o Broken nose p Rashly precipitate q Order repulsed ✓ Trees swaying . . s . . pear-tree swaying t More rum u Disturbing news

✓ Rough skins

w Must — maybe! x Gnat fluttering y Cite faultily z Canter around