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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 27 September, with two run- ners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary% Entries to: Crossword 1430, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address ACROSS 1 Classy quarrel in special bar? (5, hyphened) 11 Maybe Anus in this case is perversely shrewd (10) 13 Island railway taken by femme's associate, Rapunzel? (9) 15 Feller kicks heroin in jug (4) 16 Compass lost pole, deficient device! (7) 17 Aiming towards green, laun- dered clothes (7) 18 Voice heard in Scotch port (3) 19 Colonist designed almost excellent music system (10, two words, one hyphened) 21 Effective hydrant for Welsh town (5) 28 Measure velocity at first (5) 30 What might end with X or 0? (10, hyphened) 33 Sun out, not glaring a lot (3) 35 Milky white fish avoids hard route (7) 36 Student body restrains riot, fearful of gas (7) 38 Lines to rose — number odd? (9) 39 Ironed out dispute female has with hooligan (10) 40 Spread out drama Milton's spoken about (7) 41 Fibre? Eyot sends tons westward (5) DOWN 2 Witch? Scotch resort houses one with twisted grimace (8, hyphened)

5 Bomb paying guest smuggled in (5)

6 Cryptic royal heir's obscuring answer (8) 7 Seychelles sheltering ailing gull

8 U) nrestricted murrain's awful toxic source (5)

10 Fine, lofty house — Titania's place (6) 12 Cold and touchy, coarse and surly (6) 14 Gloomy walrus nothing inspired (6) 20 Amerind father would like the Ivy League (9) 22 Conjecture male Hague supporter swallows (6) 23 Witnessed afternoon match won by Dexter? (8) 25 Trying trifle, starts to taste unripe portion of pineapple? (8) 26 Society with hatred for metal (6) 29 Reasonably cunning woman spins within (6) 31 Exotic isle contains swirling river and palms (6) 32 Stand as Sergeant-at-Law also enters (5) 35 Australia's unique bracing air (5)