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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 7 August, 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 1473, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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. I Two unclued l'ghts combine to identify the author of a work in which the 11 (hyphened) are the other unclued lights (two appear- ing twice), as ODQ (4th and 5th editions) will confirm.

Name Address ACROSS 6 Quick, universal point poem managed (7, hyphened) 13 E.g. hare has indeed run with speed around circuit (9) 16 Fence, crooked con, lies (7) 17 Pass outside a stone temple (7) 18 Language in drama imbued with energy (3) 19 Paints seized by present pupil in class, one ruining others' pleasure (10) 21 Worked hard with no time to get tipsy (5) 24 Rare bird seen in New England twice (4) 30 Poor gent, hot, at back of room guarding fine portrait (10, hyphened) 35 Delivered oil needed for party

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36 Sound of bell going round (7) 37 Continue, having secured 50 skilfully (4) 38 Eagles bustle and are off (9) 39 Change of fortune experienced — not predicted (10) 41 Team's opening pair in Australian game, sweltering (5) DOWN 1 Carrying milk, a poor chap's to lug churns (losing power) (14) 2 Fruit, say, to grasp, wanting bit of rind (8, hyphened) 3 Quickly answer comes up, involving atomic number of nitrogen (6) 4 Sound conductor's dear work encapsulated by small passage (9) 5 Certain Mallory tried climbing in mountainous region (5) 6 Judging of grim pun I concocted (8) 8 Architectural feature indicated by Mr Chips? (5, hyphened) 9 Showily dressed tout with lines to say (14) 10 Member of sect, one following weak king (6) 14 One running away, upset about measure (6) 20 Lines full of allure on first of seafaring passages in bark (9) 22 Impression made by figure in topless dare (6) 23 Turncoat gets even with government, breaking rank (8) 25 Piano played loudest in last movement (8) 26 Tree in which cuckoo's caught by outlaw (6)

29 Woodland gods with war-god in regiment (6)

32 Science fiction about new uncer- tainty and suspicion (5) 34 Clouds during picnic, irritating

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35 Local ruler, artist as well (5)