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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 5 September, 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 1173, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street,

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Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 How food may be served easy to 13 take away? (8, three words) 5 Cockney on street, bright at night? (6) 15 9 Hammering van, I race GT motor vehicle (10, two words) 19 16 Ape from Gibraltar? Good (6) 18 Look around hospital for old 21 companion (5) 23 20 People waiting in line, right, in pigtails (7) 29 22 Insect boring genipap wood 30 (tropical plant) (7) 25 Aged Persian's getting over 32 active dropsy (5) 35

26 Graduates in command producing computer language (5)

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Antelope in a pasture reared (6) Old ecu, as among worthless types (6) Loves a party on Sunday (6) Sort of accelerator pedal in a car reveals it (5)