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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 23 March, 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 1352, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The perimeter of the diagram, starting clockwise from 1, spel s out the title and subtitle of a story (written for Miss 12 and illustrated by 21), followed by an abbreviated form of the author's pseudonym, confirmed separately by 31 and 26.

Name Address ACROSS 10 A lecturer has to cadge book (5) 11 King's last words after deportation (6) 14 Tart in trousers, half off (4) 16 Hard heap round plough (10) 17 One facing facts about good King's supporter (8) 20 See rage shown by old birds (5) 22 They can't walk when in school? Just the opposite (5) 24 A certain forward gets first for Everton (3)

27 Whip timid animal (3)

33 Praise cathedral city? Not exactly (7) 34 Bag — one containing a book's returned (5) 35 Intense fear shown by adult, one on a charge, sent back (8)

36 Officious, losing head, becoming disorderly (10)

38 Other golfer on middle of green (4)

39 One in keeping with duke, having a history (7) 40 I've a theory it's rainy round the North (6)

41 Mountain range in country almost circles one (5) DOWN 2 Assault, we hear, was mounted (4) 3 Prim mum, hugged by idol in variety, good looker (10, hyphened) 4 Ditches knives (7)

5 Critically examine stone in date (5)

6 Get to the heart of the matter?

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7 John turned up with it — one piece of chert, like roestone (7) 9 Accumulate a fortune at college (6, two words) 13 Earthenware container giving son grief (5) 15 One unofficial short measure for spirits (5) 18 Puddle may give one a soaking

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19 Plants need rain, an outburst (10) 23 Racine plays in special order in outline (8) 25 First of rounds piercing target, goat-antelope (5) 28 A line corroded recently (5) 29 Wood sorrel? None about (3) 30 Early in May in French language (7) 32 More than one type of oak is infested by parasites (6) 35 Step out across top of icy ski slope (5) 37 Six no trumps follows in card game (4)