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GRAHAM'S

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W. & J.

GRAHAM'S

PORT

1161: Weight-watching by Columba

A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 13 June, 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 1161, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The title suggests what the 15A at a 37D are doing, while the 21D is occupied by any of the other unclued lights (all of which are in Chambers 1993).

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ACROSS 1 Confiscates curious sea chest (8) 6 Weaver bird, a diagonal mover (6) 12 Mind nut — emu flaps mass of feathers (10) 13 Mutton, last portion? Correct

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14 ne cracking book about a King and Queen (7) 16 Guy's forward — remains longer than expected (7, two words) 20 Adds frenzied blows (4) 22 Master Zoroastrian's head cleric of old religion (7) 23 Stuff caught by computer mem- ory (4) 24 Entrance of northern street by zigzag turning (7) 26 Puts on board once, during Sab- bath, joints (7) 30 Object of love, declared vain (4) 31 Stage breadth all right for extras (7, two words) 34 Florid drunk (4) 36 On foot it's highly fitting to lead (also to retreat) (7, hyphened) 38 Deposing from priesthood French one loudly swaying (10) 40 Is petition for children? (5) 41 Group of four lines and shrimp nets tar set at sea (10) 42 One refusing a trifling sum? (6) 43 Poorly one pants for carbohy- drate (8) DOWN 3 Neigh? Product of stallion and donkey (5) 4 Fatty one has power in a bout (7) 5 Cask holding tellurium and sil- ver alloy (7) 6 Room for ship to manoeuvre a big gun (6) 7 Established art gallery in Swazi- land (6) 8 'Ebrew measures? (5) 9 According to disciple, Fatima's husband unites people (13) 10 Possibly rainbow could rise over storms (13) 11 Leads nags to be changed for oxen (9) 17 Little extract from Scotsman?

19 er chapel, odd abode in-

Vo rm volving hard exercise (9, hyphened) 27 Letter of passion, as with love knight sent out (3) 28 Jade from small island over in exotic East (7) 29 Programme inviting callers, end- lessly fake and wearing (7, hyphened) 32 Coin, without hesitation, I palm (6) 33 Slough in south-east, on the up- swing, cleaner (6)

35 Make one rue losing head about fool (5)