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A first prize of 120 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary -- ring the word 'Dictionary') for the first three correct solutions (please, no photocopies) opened on 23 September. Entries to: Crossword 1025, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The other unclued lights (one of two words) are all suggested by the title. Four lights are place-names not in Chambers. Ignore an apostrophe.

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