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A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 26 July, 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 1117, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Rash partners back bribe (8, hyphened) 12 Rearrange church in oddly ruled see (10) 13 Brownie follows yellow birds (5) 14 Medium rank spy has style (7) 15 Holy set, cold, reluctant to get coat material (10, two words) 16 Nuclear reactor's top power unit with rim round (7, hyphened) 20 Make vase (for audience) . . . (4) 23 . . . yield from within a jawed cobra (4) 24 Felled yob without help (7, two words) 26 Labourers against entering marine forces (7) 30 Gin for the mouth (4) 31 Trouble EC could stop? (7) 34 Go jogging, old crone (4) 39 Charms a cross saint returns (7) 41 Tipster, it's said, odd seer, those netting returns (10) 42 Intervene, quietly interrupting Gertrude? (6, two words) 43 Retreating gunners were still caught (8) DOWN 3 Main charge (5) 4 Clubs among continentals? Their situation's torrid (7) 5 Small knife left in awkward places (7) 6 Droll Rantzen, wanting hearts, supports justice (6) 8 Scotland's boundary – it fea- tured in border rising (5) 9 Cleese's capital invested in ex- parrot? Yeah, poor old bird! (13)

10 Mate with manners steps on board (13, hyphened)

17 Wood-sorrel, not extremely local (3) 19 Time consumed by tour-guides, palace employees (9) 21 Vaudeville's vocal critique (5) 25 Set on a blanket, OK being out like sunbather? (8) 27 Fish in the Elbe (3) 28 New butler's nicer (7) 29 Love to begripped by Dracula writer, creator of shocks (7) • 32 Idle look with head raised (6)

33 Hollow in tooth's substance (6) 35 Met up on physical training test (5)

37 Lock some fortresses (5)