CROSSWORD

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 18 October, 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 1433, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued 1 ght. (in three cases when paired) are names listed in Brewer (15 h edition) under 44 (3 words).

Name Address ACROSS

11 Against the flow towards London, cabbie, say, loses head (7)

12 Fresh meat — our sailors tucked in (6) 14 See one's against mink (5) 16 Bird egg finally found in diseased tree (5)

19 Leafy spot back in grip of enemy (7)

21 One in circle recovered vitality (4) 23 Room in the French grill (7) 24 Sign of healing in rat (4) 25 What may be in a had tooth? (7) 31 Hoover agent, one after general manager (4, hyphened) 32 Check on faulty easel in former artists' quarter (7) 35 What gardeners do by old hedge, we hear — my, it's tiring (7, hyphened) 37 Moved quickly locking number in shed (5) 41 Find a shoe badly made (9) 42 Even so, yard's quiet (6)

43 Girl finds a short tear in fabric (7)

DOWN 1 Drunk causing difficulty is charged (11, hyphened) 2 Half of DNA sequence close to this cluster of genes (6) 3 Amusing young woman suns in

(5)

5 Acknowledge a devoted editor's left (4) 6 Fool British AC (4)

7 Is last to see ferocious old wolf (7)

8 Young creature that's always allowed outside (7) 9 Odd Norse group displaying charm (9)

10 In a lot, a novel from SE Asia? (7)

17 Hermit concerned with what your solving, some say (7) 20 Store that is making a fuss (7) 22 Normal, loss of speech or defective speech? (9) 26 One may be a brave old guru (5) 27 Revolving handle gets a note to emerge (7) 28 Don't finish, namely, fruit (7) 33 See a number over parking dispute (6) 38 Tea with one gypsy-woman (4) 39 One in old age not bearing young (4)

Solution to 1430: Off song

LORENZ HART (3/27) wrote 'TI I IS CAN'T BE LOVE' (9), a possible comment about 6A, 24,37, ID, 4 and 34

First prize: Sara Macintosh, Durham.

Runners-up: Chris Chatwin, Warwickshire; Belinda Bridgen, London.