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1112: Drinkads by Doc

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 21 June, 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 1112, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued l'ghts (three of two words) and the half-clue at 7D (which contains two abbreviations) can be resolved into a pair and two quartets familiar to solvers. Ignore two apostrophes. Cham- bers does not give 21D.

Name Address ACROSS 7 You and I getting married in Shropshire town (3) 11 Cricket official with non-U cathartic (6) 13 Herb for King's daughter in pair of spectacles (7) 15 Large photograph of jury (5) 16 Check newspaper campaign (5) 17 Continue to inform and betray (6, two words)

18 Intoxicating preparation in Car- digan jail (5)

20 The Spanish endlessly applaud ambassador (6) 21 Some parrot, chough or little auk (5) 22 Combine litigation and govern- ment by violence (7, hyphened) 27 Fence alight nearby (7) 29 Fraction over this. About ten! ) 30 Crosses out 'grilse' (6) 32 Tend to the rail union's point (5) 34 See 9 (6)

36 Cheltenham Gold Cup Mount! go)

37 rink like a monkey (5)

38 Aerial for one £10 note, it's said (7)

39 A bit of a game in a mask! (6) 40 One foot behind (3) 41 Buy the drinks and dither (11, two or three words) DOWN

1 Eclectic doctrines missing cot out (10)

3 Muslim leader always in contact with his God, outside (9) 5 Old rows of fruit (7) 6 Whale extract putting much water into work (8, hyphened) 7 Pale disc-jockey (5 -- see pream- ble) 9 Severe trial rearranging 34 (6)

10 Nimble US soldier in Mid-Wales (5)

12 Two cards for a card-playing combination (6) 19 Danish held out — sinister! (10, hyphened) 21 He makes things again with clergyman round about one (9, hyphened) 23 Walks upon drunken debaters 26 Pullness of divine being, as in 1D ) 31 Followed learner in, tipsy (5) 33 Anxious page in employment, sort of square (5)

Solution to 1109: Hen-party The unclued lights (13, 19, 23, 30, 37+22, 39+9, 41) are the names of breeds of POULTRY.

First prize: Mrs M. Baird, Ful- bourn, Cambridge; Runners-up: John M. Brown, Rolleston-on- Dove, Staffs; D. C. Booth, Folkes- tone.

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