21 MARCH 1998, Page 61

CROSSWORD 1354: Travelling light by Columba

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 6 April, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1354, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

Six unclued lights (one hyphened; each a 6 38) derive from the account of one who — as will he observable in part of the grid has travelled east, north, west and south.

Name Address ACROSS

1 Retreating and trembling our hue's yellow (11) 7 Currency traveller carries round (3) 11 Stir in shed in field (6)

13 Car, edging ahead, smokes (7, hyphened) 15 Name borne by bottle of wine

(5)

16 Catcall by worst pupil? (5) 17 Heard headland cries from bay?

(6) 18 Deed, feasible article under mail (5) 20 Four in contact, retrospective, cry (6) 21 Canvas fabric used by mob in camp (5) 22 Sandy's bungle with a club he misused (7) 27 Prevalent bug over Northern Territory (7) 29 Cannon seen in castle by a travelling man (5) 30 Strike's end narks unions (6) 32 Gatehouse that guards left after pressure (5) 34 Khan, say, penetrated with pull Perth's infield (6) 36 Here Dumas worked (5) 37 Decent bar lie alcohol (5) 39 Periodical with final attractive item (6) 40 I run with energy in the lead (3) DOWN 1 Antelope's well and dandy (10) 4 No-hoper up against Rocky sensed determination (12) 5 Bold lad mixed fruitcake (7) 7 Heather has love for patter (5) 8 Very bad township (4) 9 Red woolly on dame (6) 10 Sells Fogg's capital journals (5) 12 Bawdiness spread about for all to see (6) 14 Scuttle round Maine shifting pure cod, unimported (12, hyphened) 19 Feed composer cake (10)

23 New limo, latest in posh cab line (8 24 Ma)

caroni spoilt dress material

(8) 26 Monster with aim, I bet (7)

28 Dreamy music to carry on under neon (6, two words) 31 Spare wader (5) 35 Upset before ending in Reform Club (4)