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W. & J.

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A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 30 August, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edi- tion of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1172, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Burglar's accomplice with yields around Western Isle? (8)

6 Foggy round East central Levant? (6) 12 Soda syenite in UK, trivial forms, and Spain (10)

13 Seaweeds hiding female ides (5) 14 Rifle trading place in Italy (7) 15 Dry bargees ordered liquor jars (10) 16 One article about Eastern queen, native of ME (7) 20 Audibly restrain Oriental (4)

22 Wrongly names NW journalist (7)

23 Greek cash in old trunk, mostly (4

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imal, one circling mountain tree of Japan (7) 26 Executor needs help going over introductory parts (7)

30 Indian ox, in size bullish (4)

31 Epicurean, a Scot, consuming best no end (7) 34 Apple's not main fruit (4) 36 Abstain? Tipsy Mandaean? (7) 38 Curry favour for gain? I treat lavishly (10) 39 Golden article Uruguay valued 40 Mum's m's cut rounded winter pear

42 Reportedly splits Arab chiefs

DOWN 2 Bard wore elaborate bright raiment (8)

3 Gather wild cherry round lake (5)

4 Confounded odd, uptilted shower! (7) 6 French devil and casserole (6) 7 Townee with further short summonses to appear (6) 8 Improves dated supplements (5) 17 A shrew's endless gossip (3) 19 August's tufted beards (9)

21 Parched, consuming club bitter (5)

25 Arabs, put out (one getting on), graze (8) 27 Fashionable Northern hotel (3) 28 Former convict in disgrace (7) 29 Classy part is designed like a penthouse? (7)

33 Odd caste including unknown Indians (6)

35 Antiquated snuff tin with US heroin (5) 37 British fortified house set up radio signal (5)