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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 29 March, 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 1100, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Stree , London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued lights (four of two words) individually or when correctly paired, and with one doing double duty, are of a kind, all verifiable in Chambers, and each represented by 21.

Name Address ACROSS 1 In Rugby, pass lock and cut (8)

13 Climber swallowing gold tooth (5)

14 Not rushed rebuilding posh shanty (7) 15 Six that's worth the other, so they say (10, two hyphens) 16 Domestic chore returning from campaign in Orient (7) 20 Czech loses head, changing at home in France (4) 22 Ruins suits (7, two words) 23 New Year stronghold (4) 24 A particular species in Crete, destroyed (7) 26 He gets at pleasure trip round Switzerland and England (7) 30 Left harbour bearing wine (4) 31 8 in US city, back about 24 hours ago (7)

34 Almost dull dominant idea (4) 36 Side panel in new naval church (7)

38 Dieter hurt moving Cornish mineral (10) 39 Old Cambridge graduates work with newspaper (7) 40 Indian soldiers in love (5) 42 In Scotland it's stiff stuff (6) DOWN 2 Under which to revel wildly in bed? (8) 3 Northern sector's sent up provi- sions (5) 4 Material Zog and rana edited (7) 5 Mineral injuring gal in the back

7 Ca (7) t-calls from medical officer? I

was wrong (6) 8 See 31 (5) 9 Epic or novel yarn of H. Dexter (13, three words)

11 Scots moor suited for scrambling (9)

17 Poem from the French circle, first (3)

18 Land of sunshine. Palestine? (5) 21 See preamble and title (5)

25 Into modern 14th-century Italian art! (8)

27 Consequence of hidden dangers (3) 28 Light breeze upset challenger in holiday coastline (7)

29 Injuries from Tom whom the girl's embracing (7) 32 Start of Third Reich is over three times (6) 33 Three elements forming hydro- carbon (6) 35 Drank up at HQ (5)

37 Humble sailor on rough sea (5) Solution to 1097: Fabulous?

The unclued lights (1A + 22, 15, 21, . 25, 28, 40 + 14) are titles of books of the Apocrypha.

First prize: Beatrix Mootham, Ted- dington, Middx; Runners-up: B. Kennedy, Taunton; M. G. 011erenshaw, Prestbury, Cheshire.

Dictionary prizes are sent out by the `Post-a-Book' service.