2685: Scocourban

The unclued lights (including a pair) are of a kind.

Across

3              No manual required for addict at pre-season match (4-8)

10            Old store attendants operating on different levels (4-3)

11            Extra name in article about garden feature (7)

13            Room spray distributed to armies (8)

16            Newspaper aunt’s torment (5)

19            Mum, almost for ever, in ward (9)

22            Cast is enormous, but not good (3)

24            Unemployable boffin regularly by river (2,2,3)

25            Have some sense – charge pounds! (4)

28            No Dream arranged like Ansermet’s Suisse orchestra (7)

30            Scottish barley from borders of Berwickshire (4)

32            Love this flower that’s a standard for Bix Beiderbecke (7)

33            Underworld’s record cut (3)

35            Asian 30 blended for sauce (9)

40            Good free press network (8)

41            Barrowboy touring the North with US actor (7)

42            Skinflint’s unfortunate score – own goal let in (7)

Down

1               Flash a leg around second on stairs (5,2,5)

2               Test match, say, for the Lions (3,4)

5               Following Reeve’s mate round broken unit (7)

6               Little branches of China grass (4)

7               Settled close around fort (9)

8               French knot badly done outside of union (5)

9               On and off gleewoman bosses former Welsh Labour MP (3,4)

14            Climber in Cornell’s league? (3)

15            New greens are cooked for former manager in London (6,6)

17            Head south, maybe, on fighter, with speed (7)

20            Time wagons distributed old fuel (4,3)

21            Definite indication of Russia having to give way (4,4)

23            Neil going out, carrying things off (9)

27            Hostelry with a gent’s in suburb of Oz 34 (7)

31            Revolts on the hills (7)

35            Young Rose? (3)

38            Miss large arctic lorry heading north (4)

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A first prize of a £30 John Lewis voucher and two runners-up prizes of £20 vouchers for the first correct solutions opened on 27 January. Please scan or photograph entries and email them (including the crossword number in the subject field) to crosswords@spectator.co.uk, or post to: Crossword 2685, The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Please allow six weeks for prize delivery.