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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 8 August, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edi- tion of The Chambers Dictionary, priced at £22.50– ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1169, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LL.

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1D/5, 21A/7A and the other unclued lights (two of them hyphened) have something in common. 34A is in Chambers (1988).

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Novel case treated in CD recov- ered from illness (11) 11 Girl, busy one, with short cape (6) 13 OT notes before one in muddle

(7)

15 Scythe handle, heavy, old, round NE (5) 16 Sounds assured facing a harte- beest (5) 17 Hooklets — short one holding cape in (6) 18 Evade fool to a point (5) 20 Spice in incense caught during ceremonial (6) 22 Tawny rough keg storing a fer- tiliser (7) 27 Highest part of house often seen in humble backs (7) 29 Hold forth in old manner (5) 30 Church gift from rich source carrying universal Cross around (6) 32 Frame concealing Chiding-place

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34 I deceived Eastern girl (6) 36 Artist with brown palm (5) 37 Looped band, second snare (5) 38 S. African sticks — designed for skier, i.e. (7) 39 Brownie beside Northern hut

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40 Carp if plan's incomplete (3) DOWN 4 Improvements in the scene Mann revised (12) 6 Scurf from most of smart collar (8) 7 Spot of Milton makes Fellow fume, audibly ... (5) 8 English Fellow turning over difficulty (4) 9 A tie, an ornate ribbon (6) 10 Genus of gasteropods and most- ly cod round isle (5) 12 Look long over man's summer- house (6) 14 Mould designer's remark involved with patent (12, hyphened) 21 Bridal outfit's flat in case, we hear (9) 23 Samurai sword aKing's inscribed in Japanese syllabic script (8) 24 E. Mediterranean lizard, still one, mottled (8) 25 Substitute for some freezers at zero (6) 28 Heads, Northern, cast lots (6) 31 One in additional watered silk

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33 Aim at short shield (5) 35 Wine like vermouth's set up (4)