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1135: Footlights by Columba

A first prize of 125 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 29 November, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edition of The Chambers Dictionary — see next page. Ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries to Crossword 1135, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 211.

The unclued lights are of a kind, and all are to be found in Chambers.

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ACROSS

1 Running water in Maryland's pas- tures (5)

6 Keeps quiet about escapes north- ward (7, two words) 13 Towed vessel back at port, refit- ted with power off (9, hyphened) 15 Chooses osmium inlaid with pla- tinum (4) 17 Heads for Cowardly Lion — animal, yellow, professing acute nervous depression in Oz (7, hyphened) 18 Weapon power (3) 19 Silly nit, rusticated, hugs master back in college (10) 21 Rabies slays bats (5) 24 Local once in Coronation Street (4)

27 Robust greeting in speech (4) 28 Liqueur that turns gold (5)

30 Busy MC dines out, not happy with home life (10) 33 Circle fort many times (3) 35 Wolf is ferocious, filled with energy (7) 36 Not involved in war of nerves about Thailand (7) 37 Avowedly conceited streak (4) 38 Moon traveller's unnatural cap- ers (9) 39 Saint having touch with money at first — one like Francis of Assisi (10) 41 Fundamental computer lan- guage (5) DOWN 1 Care to use muscles in exercising (14) 4 Confuse the French, supporting British in broken German (9) 5 Mawkish courting, lad, holds work up (5) 6 Escort having tea with Evita? (8) 7 Prince raised among freemasons

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8 Perfume derived from odd parts of secret nuts (5) 10 Wind entering through umbrella (6) 12 Like Homer's work, somewhat deep, I calculate (6) 14 Palm — mug, too — injured (6) 22 Dumps photographs (6) 23 Failure's given uplift? Indian's determined (8) 25 Islanders caught Iran spy out (8) 26 Design fashionable canvas shel- ter (6) 29 Bill, in America, given bit of a raspberry? (6) 31 Turkish commander charged with extreme things to be done (6) 32 Rare object, firm, broken by Geller? (5) 34 Half French doctor, not akin to Scots (5)