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1165: A load of tripe! by Doc

A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 11 July, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edition of The Chambers Dictionary, priced at £22.50 — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to Crossword 1165, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (one of two words) are of a kind Name Address ACROSS 6 Umbrella at tea-time. Thanks!

(6) 13 Pigment right in darts' mark (5) 14 Midlander having to live round weird motorway (7) 15 Horse nobbling plain prize (10) 16 Mutes creating derision out East

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20 Return everything to round jar (4) 22 Put lid on glue — it's upset (7) 23 In-house Lloyd's deception (4) 26 Keystone will give way moving at it (7) 30 Pelt of tailless lizard (4) 31 Eastern quality of gold from NY17 (7) 34 Wealthy state church (4) 36 Portuguese coin also sent round wrong (7) 39 Bean stew (7) 40 Composer cut slow movement

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41 Iron group's affected, having annual growth-bands (10, hyphened) 42 Father's awful yell. How dim! (6) 43 Decided taste for bird-song? (8) DOWN 2 Surrounds middle of fence and is defeated (8) 3 A deer possibly ploughed once

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old man selling fish inland (7) 6 Keel over in a vehicle (6) 7 Present-day compiler with public appeal? (6, hyphened) 8 Tests' scores (5) 10 Sheriff's band upset Cromarty's partner on boat-owner's status (13) 17 See 31 (3) 18 Support from one turning up, inconstant (5) 19 Musk-oil he mixed for dairy- store (9, hyphened) 27 War-god; only half a bully (3) 28 Darling from Rothesay, not un- known (7) 29 Disloyalty from tense debate (7) 32 Fur I hesitate to claim? (6) 33 Crib without article covering (6) 35 Sailor capturing one with a head- dress (5) 37 Rubbish remains under empty tender (5)