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4 General beginning to network as a gamble whenever in charge (11, hyphened)
11 Very keen on plan outside platform (7)
13 Vehicle in France is a decrepit crate (9, two words)
14 Symbols of a Stoic philosophical principle (5)
19 Relative crushes (7, two words)
21 First half of game in one’s own home (4)
23 Rouses, getting active by noon during Northern holiday (7)
24 Queen’s French degree (4)
25 Food for cattle – almost kilo each, roughly (7, hyphened)
30 Peevish about truffle (7)
31 Spoke – on the phone? (4)
32 Hard-working student and his coach (7)
34 The same doctor returned with no cocaine (4)
37 Dry wind and snow on glacier reported (5)
40 Loathe sailor white with age, we hear (5)
41 Roma – venue prepared for engineer (9)
43 Poor Cornelia loses eastern trumpet (7)
44 Spenser does wreck peace and quiet (11)
2 Afghan language has top review (6)
3 Small person wearing touch of red as head-dress (5)
5 Fragrance man put on seat (4)
6 Festival or festiva, cryptically (4)
7 Record of Mahler’s Fourth to gabble about (7)
8 Most tranquil camels wandering on edge of desert (7)
10 Greatly admire lazy detectives, as I say (7)
17 Machine parts from pub on NI peninsula (7)
18 Useless former pupil by himself with a series of clues (11)
20 Large growth of Roe Take-away (7, two words)
26 Criticism he dismissed from song sung by the chorus (5)
27 German car, blue, not posh, is able to be heard (7)
28 Pays no attention to Italian gentleman cycling (7)
33 Carried up, getting in the way (6, two words)
36 Noon – I’ve to climb top of Scottish mountain (5)
38 Possible boundaries of race-course (4)
39 Worker leaves yokel some veg (4)
A first prize of £30 for the first correct solution opened on 10 December. There are two runners-up prizes of £20. (UK solvers can choose to receive the latest edition of the Chambers dictionary instead of cash – ring the word ‘dictionary’.) Entries to: Crossword 2239, The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Please allow six weeks for prize delivery.
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