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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 3 May, 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 1105, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

Six unclued lights whose barred-off etters might form WIN DUE

N.Y.),IN and six others clued without overall definitions, are all surnames with something in common. 34A is in Brewer. Ignore two accents.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Tax formerly taken at source (5) 4 Weapon, powerful (9) 9 Old polyzoon from Cuba in de- caying soil mould? (10) 11 Dutch woman's volume, audible din (5) 12 Endless salmon in stream (7) 14 Fancy tipple around start of evening (5) 15 Jean deserted my people, retreated (5) 16 I chaff one about script (6) 21 Parasite to con Zoe? Possibly (8)

22 Odd name is recalled by adult? Not in this state (7) 24 Fastens GI's shoes (4)

27 Acarids without measure in cloths (7) 28 Disordered? Take one in — a sedative (8) 33 Ring, we hear, in anger (6)

34 Prophetess in the Old Testament (5)

35 Look, obstruction of part of the ear (5) 37 Dissociate from opulent drunk (7, three words) 39 In country, southern corn spur- rey's back, scattered (10, two words)

40 Fellow steals pitch, concrete slab (9) 41 Farewell — said casually, with- out love (5)

DOWN

1 Tropical tree in American town with material for fences (13, hyphened) 3 Bird's out, breaking jail (6) 5 Irritate Eastern American bumpkin (4) 7 Mature Rhode Island swan (5) 8 Part of bird's nostril, one thrust upwards, hard growth (8) 10 Directors with cars dart wildly round with workers (13) 13 Info in girl's AGM schedules (7) 15 Dwarf form of orchid (6)

17 Cheapskate — the old complain about one (6) 18 Second slips do in support? (6) 19 Parakeet, deep pink all over (7) 20 Like tank manoeuvred sideways (6) 23 Be concerned about yen (8) 26 Cash in on the act (7) 29 As of old, startle Cliff audibly! (6) 30 Prisoner, afraid in Glasgow (6) 31 Sheep in Rome, roaming (6) 36 Article in Mac's inner room (4)

Solution to 1102: Chuck steak

The title = KEATS (42), and the other unclued lights (1, 20, 27, 31, 43A, 8, 24D) are poems by him. The clue at 2D alluded to his epi- taph.

First prize: E. H. Campion, Rich- mond, Surrey; Runners-up: M. C. C. Rich, Ripon; N. C. Price, East- bourne.

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