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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 1 August, with two runners-up prizes of 115 (or, for UK solvers, the new edi- tion of The Chambers Dictionary, priced at £22.50 – ring the word Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1168, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued across lights (one hyphened) are of a kind, as are four of the five unclued down lights. The remaining one (three words) defines the theme and title.

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ACROSS 4 Carefree, even if let out by ship (11) 12 Greets artist about one (5) 13 Girl holding new trace of lizards (11) 14 Chief structure (4) 15 Goddess returning letter (3) 18 Falls again, backing artist (7)

19 Dearest version of low platform (7)

22 Defective and defeated, it's said (6) 23 Cosy secure place with palm close to (6) 24 Compere with Military Cross is heard (5) 31 The pendant's frozen; here's the key — in Paris! (6) 34 Obtain new load of painkiller

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35 Northern oboist turning round like pantomime Puss? (7, two words) 38 One court decree (3) 39 Boy, when in a man's embrace, is American (4) 40 Litters Danish acres badly (11, two words) 41 Angry robber losing his head (5) 42 Dark colour of some French epergne, maybe (9, two words) 43 Thomas agonising about not as much new instruction (11, two words) DOWN 1 Nagged about crisps as snack (11, three words)

2 Native and I wander up (5)

3 Striking nice yacht turning in, say (11, hyphened) 5 Disheartened huntsman turning edible tubers for llama (7) 6 Cliff's after nothing for film awards (6) 9 Composer heading list about light opera (4) 10 Spoke ill of district in dried up Germany (9)

15 Support and comfort on the left (5)

17 Different creeds out East in modern aid agency (11, two words) 20 Note in guard's van on a simple apparatus (9, hyphened) 21 Bread for the swan (3) 26 Time in the RAF (3) 28 Items that are used serving noodles (7, two words) 30 Measure on counter: attempt prohibition (7) 32 The Spanish endlessly encour- age ambassador (6) 33 Discloses howl spurn (6) 36 Row about black flower (5)