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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 31 August, 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 1122, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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42 41 The four peripheral lights (ignoring one hyphen) are spurious two-word equivalents of the title. Six other lights are anagrams using letters from the word 'Season'. Anagrams and part- anagrams in the clues are not indicated.

Name Address ACROSS

10 First-born reigned with no ex- tremes (5)

11 Counsel aides around Vatican City (6) 12 Yes, rust is reddish-brown (7) 14 Downright simpleton (4) 16 Settle beforehand with Con- servative in pet corner (10) 17 Raised in NE, horse's left (8)

20 Anagram (5)

21 Aunt's perm ultimately has one high wave (7) 22 Mohammed's successor — cf. Ali (5) 24 Mostly unproductive, fallow (3) 27 Treat bows, we're told (3) 31 The Parisian sat for lowest degree (5) 33 Short pipe — reed narrowed down (7)

34 Anagram (5)

35 Bad headache from triplets (8) 36 Nature spirits? All seem outside entomology (10) 38 Part of later (Michaelmas) ses- sion (4) 39 Endless humbug about artist in Japanese puppet theatre (7) 40 Deny row about broadcast (6) 41 One with spleen's repugnant (5) DOWN

2 Anagram (4)

3 Censured press? I did, about article (10) 4 Measure annoys? Entrances! (7) 5 Cause impertinence (5) 6 At venue (Luxembourg) for fin- al (8) 7 Chap from Skye lives with old sweetheart? (7) 9 Name around ancient city for 'moray' (6)

13 Anagram (5)

15 A gips y man has a peculiar charm (5) 18 Himalayan hybrid cow died thus (3) 19 Contracts? Intern sued (10) 23 Sable not worthy of flounce? (8) 25 Twin crystal left in club (5) 26 Former danger admitted by trap- per, I learn (7)

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30 Very small cavity instrument cut on rubber tree (7) 32 Smooth weather outside shelter (6) 35 Check old allowance (5)

37 Anagram (4)