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A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 22 June, 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 1365, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Four unclued lights (two of two words, two as a pair) created the remaining unclued lights (one of two words).

Name Address ACROSS 1 Real pud's left out! (12) 10 Prolonged amnesia has something of little value (4) 12 Bowler with rubber tube (10)

14 Conditions from Eire, initially (3)

15 Growth not dismissed? (8) 17 A sailor returned book (5) 18 Sound of difficult breathing, also, from the gullet (7) 19 see 6 (6) 22 German cavalry soldier suggests penman (6) 24 States when the crown gets struck first (5) 26 Keith and Cora prepared vegetable (9) 27 Mariners and prophets come round from a distance (9) 29 Old slaves appreciate backing

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31 Get in a whirl brewing up (6) 34 Jolly entering river for ants (6) 36 Altogether singular workwear (7) 38 A bird, tail first, on tableland (5) 39 Idle, even with no book involved! (8) 40 In which one gets caught out finally (3) 42 Affirmatives — or just one? (4) DOWN 2 Female cat mauled ten sherpas (10) 3 Children, abroad, measure female workers (7) 5 Slight tastes of alcohol? (9) 6 19 changes direction — affected ill-feeling (6) 7 Remove article in Gaelic (5) 8 Valley of surprising length (4) 16 & 32 Observed going round in fabric (6) 19 Meal about over (6) 21 Transferring and changing appearance (10, two words) 23 One vehicle sent out black fluids

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28 Artist left bird of prey with 1-lynx (7) 30 Curved piece of upland pasture round the east (6) 32 see 16 33 Your deeds somewhat pointed

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35 Purpose of boiler with no lid (5) 37 Outwardly virile but depraved