Crossword 569
A prize of ten pounds will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 23 August. Entries to: Crossword 569, The Spectator, 56 Doughty S reet, London WC1N 2LL.
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Eight of the clues ead o solutions clued i therwise than by defini- tion. Each of these eight solutions becomes, in some way, one of the eight unclued ights, one of the latter being hyphened.
Name Address ACROSS I Monument where Ed Carter crashed around ten miles per hour (13, three words) 8 Danger! (4) 12 They rise up from Europe's plains (4) 14 State in plague (6) 16 The worm in French and Latin, always (5) 17 Fragrant substance obtained from eastern lime crush (5) 20 May 'Adieu' be considered as choral work? (7) 21 1 locate new drug (7)
23 Native catches breath in Town (7)
24 Poor relief returned about one in Indian city (5) 25 Snake-meat jelly (5) 27 A Red Indian with silver in area of land (7) 30 Small translator's weight (7) 32 Just what are required for sneezes, we hear! (7) 36 Some recognise immediately he's a US immigrant (5) 37 Thoroughly wash plump duck (5) 38 Gets out embracing the sappers' birds (5) 39 Eternity is Al, possibly (4) 40 Fresh, prime Shakespearian delicacies (10) 42 Prize in almost classical surroundings having properties of heavenly bodies (13) DOWN 1 Barren couple of days in old festival (5) 2 Over-extravagant praise many long for (5) 4 It's true! Malta's a province (5) 6 Bray, the male prostitute, we hear (6) I I Repeat part of the Three Choirs Festival (6, hyphened)
13 Burning around 30 seconds (7), 15 Plotting a secret love-affair (8/
18 Exchanged details about giant chemical firm (10)
19 Recent publication about Wines to follow (8, two words)
21 Auxiliary includes standard arti' cle (9) 22 movement (7)(7
)causes resistance to 28 Drug fool in the US spying agen- cy (6) 29 Encroaches upon American War erroneously (6) 31 Crooked bosses preoccuPY the mind (6)
33 Moor, but not Ted! (5) 34 Treacherous Semitic language (5)