PORT
CROSSWORD
W. I 1 J.
GRAHAM'S PORT
A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 20 September, 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 1125, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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The 40A, ID of the 16A of MD 9A, might also suggest the other unclued lights.
Name Address ACROSS 1 Snipe's feather stem (5) 4 Foreshow? A teacup is involved 9) 11 omposing academic piece (6) 12 Scorn second Welshman in row 7) 14 xtremist in cult rankles (5) 15 Sesame from peak (northern Spain) (5) 23 Use Socratic method? Smooth point is concealed (7) 24 Bore, reportedly severe (4) 25 R (in margin) (4) 27 Violent wave's alarming in Mat- su (7) 29 Detoxicants for a feverish strain round East (8) 32 Register first-class canals (6) 34 Judgmentally sound guess (5) 37 Eastern robe from Kampuchea, I record (6) 39 Faulted Eddy, first (taking win- nings but owing for losses) (9, hyphened) 40 See preamble (5) DOWN 2 Refuse Henry in snackbar (5) 3 Old Macedonian, Greek charac- ter, on edge (6) 4 Fishermen beginning to reel in lines (7)
5 President exposed to risk, easily persuaded (7) 6 Hoax, former MS volume (5)
7 Lean adherent – what's-his- name? (9) 8 Eagle in higher nest (4) 10 Townsfolk shout about Italian, one with Buddhist sect (9) 13 Struggles with force splitting Eastern defences (7) 15 Black sport's shoe (6) 17 Preserve? To Paul, could be melon (9) 18 Pithy expressions, right, filling stages (7) 19 Calculators – so matter is re- solved (10) 20 Old intriguer? Time tinkerer changed (9) 21 Of little value, Jock's loss (6) 26 River, with swans, sinks lower
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28 potted dogs finally eaten (7) 30 New site, outside Michigan, for block (6) 31 Dismisses curled up typo- graphical cross-line (5)
33 Recipe set up course of kidneys (5)
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