RAHAM'S

GRAHAM'S PORT

CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 28 September, With two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1076, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued lights (including two titles, one a phrase) comprise three key words, each with a pair of associations.

Name Address .... .. ACROSS 1 Hair-grip, copper peg (8, hyphened) 5 Commission pope's letter on tithe (6) 12 African animals shown by artist on hills (6) 13 SE park is arranging amuse- ments, (8, hyphened) 17 Really hectic guinea without a cent at the ticket-office window

20 Arch Pete, crazy ill-natured Scot

25 Shelter, it's said, is open country 28 epeat it? English Degree? (7)

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29 Invite offer (3) 31 A graduate replaces one in foot ban team, not weakened? (8) 34 Yes, one's fabricated excuse (7) 36 Check joy-stick (7) 40 Notary and judge in grief, upset (8) 41 Resilent as youth, once (10) 43 Business tax (6)

44 Your old rod is bent, Wand- shaped (8)

DOWN 1 Nude, say, pulled up light dress- stuff (6) 2 Whitener for cheap seats no end (8) 3 Annoy South in call for trumps (6) 4 Maths sheet for card-game, we hear (5) 6 Regrets Gallic ways (4) 7 Parish accountant could be Rev.

C. K. S. Tyler (11, hyphened) 8 Airmen, Yanks, first away (4) 11 Row over these French offices

(7)

15 Spectacle reported, observed (4) 16 Lack of sense? Not so much in observer (11) 19 Penny gets help hired (4) 21 Jail outside Eastern French town

22 ather's Syrian garment (4) 23 Spy plug in downpour (8)

24 Loon, for example, climbing in-

25 Yclinouen(g7)man has yen for woman (4)

27 Makes longer speech to UK, last 31 maybe? 31 stranger, love-

32 lIensssecotn,eA(u4s)sie pest, to avoid (6)

33 'Abused' American noted down (6) 35 Still time for race (5) 37 Valiant (we hear) boat (4) 38 For a curly haircut (4)

Solution to 1073: Go man ,go Removal of the in'tial 'man ele- ment of 4, 13, 30 44A and 8D (MALE, ROM, BO, HE, CHAP) leaves clues to 37A, 2D, 17D, 38D, 15D, e.g. 30A BO-ROUGH-UNSHORN. (Sor- ry! The preamble should have be- gun: 'Each of five unclued lights . .

First prize: J. E. Green, Horsham, Sussex; Runners-up: John Coleby, Buckley, Clwyd; N. C. Price, East- bourne.

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