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A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 30 May, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1463, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (one of two words) individually or as pairs, are of a kind.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Lizards left in toilet smashed material for Chinese figures (12) 10 Bear runs in America (4) 12 Homes OK, adapted for employment as fish-curing factory (10) 14 Letter in alphabet (Athenian) (3) 15 Sturdy beggar, one by railway at capital (8, hyphened) 17 Hooligans topped bread (5) 18 Grazing officer changed gaiters

(7)

19 Maurice omitted a new rare earth metal (6) 22 Powerful drink at start of year (6) 24 Gradually moves the supports left out (5) 26 Empire settlers pass round broken nails (9) 27 Learned about lochs by a railway

(9) 29 In Germany she follows the

Spanish girl (5) 31 Second fibre fabric (6) 34 Spenser's terrace with hydraulic cement (6) 36 Drama at police station includes 500 things to be observed (7) 38 Swellings or depressions (5) 40 Drink half the cherry liqueur (3) 41 Model's shaking head — such rarity value (10) 42 Gas from outskirts of Nelson (4) 43 Free spy from substance which prevents sticking (12, two words) DOWN 3 Ten thrash about — in secret?

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4 Speaking of one month's wonder

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6 Measure viol for class (6) 8 Old slave up from the kitchen servery (4) 9 Look down, apparently, to reduce air in cabin (12) 11 These parts suit these vans losing acceleration (8) 13 Relaxed nature of head, having made music first (12) 16 Goddess rejected 14 (3) 20 Keepsakes without note for traditional Japanese ballads (6) 23 Abnormal reactions of confederates about work unit (9) 25 North American Indian chief exchanged longer cloaks (8) 28 Set of props being installed on the sand (7) 32 Archbishop beheaded at Maori settlement (3) 33 German slagheap having some lethal detergents (5) 35 Humble adult at HQ (5) 37 Call to governor to comply (4)