CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 19 April, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1103, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued I ghts can be resolved into three trios of anagrams. Elsewhere, ignore an accent.

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1 Round arch? Could be (5) 6 Where lawyers locate facts succinctly (7, two words) 13 The girl in Russia he had nursed (9) 15 Almost obliterate the Times (4) 16 The white book was not sent back (7)

18 Gypsy's storage device (3) 21 Slaves showing discernment, on reflection (5) 24 Ring friend for gem (4) 27 Sullen party backing sport (4)

28 Least damaged slab (5) 33 I sent back fish (3)

35 Laud, maybe, in English (7) 37 Wine from the East Indies (4) 38 Variety of inelegant plant (9)

39 In Shakespeare, exceed in malevolence until Viola comes round (10) 41 And so the end of harvest? (5)

DOWN

1 Another dedication about sin- cere cartoon (14)

3 Care of the sick involving one- time clergyman (6) 4 Give ear, strangely silent away from home (9, two words) 5 Employer embracing hospital door-keeper (5) 6 Pair once rebuilt construction on bridge (8, hyphened) 7 Mixed drink from Thames vessel partly (5)

8 Articles from the Times, re- viewed (5)

9 Assertion that Cram's consumed pieces during race (14, two words) 10 Jenny, the girl on a boat (6, hyphened) 12 250 and 50 are not odd. This one is (6) 14 Tailless hybrid engaged in piece- work causes uproar (6) 20 Works around state by sewer (9, two words) 22 Extracts constituents of iron re- moved from 30 (6) 26 In France, prisoner with some bearing out East (6) 29 Clay encasing fashionable frigate (6) 31 Coat from the Province (6)

32 Old award: one concerning race (5)

34 Stages of fungal growth with ring on one face, almost (5) 35 Everyone agrees to reduce (5)

Solution to 1100: 21 Theme: meanings of the abbreva- tion MC (Emcee at 21D) which is the Roman numeral 1100. The un- clued lights (with 6A doing double duty) are: 6A+19, 6A+41, 43+12, 10 and 6D.

First prize: J. R. Allingham, Peter- borough; Runners-up: A. Dunklop, Docking, Norfolk; John Berns, Chorlton, Manchester.