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A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 1 November, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1131, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The radial lights (20 from rim to centre, 20 reversed) include ten theme words which are anagrams using six letters from each pair of italicised birds. Four more theme words, in the circuit next to the outer one, and another (hyphened) in the innermost circuit, all whirl clockwise.

Name Address RADIALS (6) 1 Slowly cladding a shed — . . . (hyphened) 2 . . . professional, not working quickly

3 Eider, loon

4 Nose, say, around isle for marjoram 5 Insect dances round head of hyacinth 6 Perverse women in Knox's crowd no end 7 Tern, colin 8 Occupant, one in makeshift dwelling 9 House in old row 10 Cipher with clear decoded in- fallible indication

11 Goose, knot

12 Indian pony in military fete 13 Fixture holding turning part gets t' roast cooked

14 Coot, heron

15 Louvre's new polishing pad 16 A right grim passion 17 Velvety-skinned, every single one in Paraguay?

18 Erne, whaup (hyphened)

19 Sparta's wicked tyrant 20 Standard commercial point in show 21 Leather corslet from tailor I carried 22 Irishman with swagger tailed in perambulation 23 Back smarts, nearly all of back- bone

24 Pern, solan 25 Prepare a b-broadside

26 Set about food after a time

27 Canary, jay

28 Female gypsy and I, tawny, in Georgia 29 Film-coated sheet on new type- writer roller 30 Rarely trim the French weed

31 Spink, ibis

32 Useless type in short coat 33 Way out in mess, sergeant, reel- ing 34 Exact price

35 Teal, wren

36 Aluminium in flat Mexican dish 37 Dealer's returned revolutionary paintings? 38 Bohemian dance with party in unusual wear

39 Stare, pout

40 Whirl — and collapse, consumed