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A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 1 May, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1459, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name ACROSS 4 Scouts are excited about work with optical instrument (11) 12 Digging-stick held by one German idol (5) 14 Daughter, about love, becomes cooler (4) 18 Parcel of land, round about acre

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19 Shilling and new pence — odd number in pouch (7) 23 Stage about right for expression (6) 27 A number of bushels needed to make bread? (5) 29 Drug dealer, one in Pinkie's gang (6) 31 Low-down on one maiden, old Cymbeline's daughter (6) 34 One, insane, is cocooned by his profound yogic state (7) 35 Arrives at college and becomes brighter (7, two words) 38 Weapon carried by Druz infiltrator (3) 39 Sees alien being (4) 41 Scoundrel I love, Valentine's colleague (5) 42 Breastplates shown in drawings, including odd sort (9) DOWN 1 One who studies inscriptions in eastern mine is following chart therein (11) 2 Rhythmical exercise gets me third of medals, gold (5) 3 Marked seats in vaults (11) 5 Ornamental clasps in trough cast out (7) 6 Simple and single (6) 7 Inquiry into eruption reveals nothing new (6) 8 Treat a dose of crabs, perhaps (7) 9 Not rightly put under cold shelf (4) 10 Inferior versifier provides US author with sample (9)

15 Beautiful girl in British magazine (5)

16 Something separated in process is cooked (11) 17 One represents changes in pepper (11) 20 Pal in RU has released devious sportsman? (9) 21 Mother stifling a bleat (3) 25 Calculators in one handbag tipped up (5) 26 Pity son at home (3) 30 Timber, note, carried by horse (7) 32 In other words, short European dog (6) 33 Separation of parts makes one terse? Not half! (6) 36 Exploiting American in government (5) 37 Stoppage causes one to swear, mostly (4)