W.& J

C1GRAHAM'S PORT

CROSSWORD

W. & J.

GRAHAM'S PORT A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 27 September, 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 1126, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued lights (including three of three words and three of two words, not all of them dictionary phrases), have something in common suggested by the title. Chambers excludes 12A.

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ACROSS 10 Come again with a new one (4) 12 Parking got a Roman hassled in part of Apennines (10) 14 Pass disreputable house on way back (3) 15 Recognised no longer, with spots round end of conk now (8) 17 Lorry — bend restricts it in reverse (5) 18 Chatterer hangs about round seaman (7) 19 Wanders in Scotland wi' t' cart- horses (6) 22 Gathering in dry casual garment (6, hyphened)

24 Boy and girl initially seen in coarse grass (5)

26 Masses of living matter spoil a dam, possibly (9) 27 Very last leaves, odd in charac- ter and venation! (9) 29 Go under in river in Irish county

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34 o over to East — go stealthily 38 ow about Trinidad & Tobago's oil (5) 39 Consider varicose veins a long time (8) 40 Master in foremost of schools, Irish (3) 41 Minor explosion before tea in plant (10) 42 Groom showing strain, holding head of colt (4) 43 Beam, first of rafters carried by animal, old pack-horse (12) DOWN 2 They preoccupy English coppers

3 (10)

Dreamy individual I take in charge (7 4 Male in RADA recast in this?

5 ) outward appearance that may be improved with a nose job?! (9, two words)

6 Sacred gift from party, not one in US (6) 7 Sporting starts round northern greens (5)

8 Spanish girl is going round Neb- raska (4)

11 Ignoble protagonist's no heart, I fancy (8, hyphened) 16 Grab old hat (3) 20 Heavy silk American place sent round (6) 21 Awful nuisance on pitch (10) 25 Ad on your TV possibly depict- ing early form of adultery (8) 28 Tax one's mind at first in scho- lastic philosophy (7) 30 Dame is swimming far from land (6, hyphened) 32 it of wax in one's beard (3) 33 Shakespeare's friend left too much (5) 35 Mouldings, see, go off (5) 37 Goose from Norfolk river (4)