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1470: Bank statement by Columba
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 17 July, 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 1470, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
No statement about 1D (two words) is complete without mention of the 1A (two words), where contributions by 21D are currently held. A further six unclued lights, and three clued without defini- tion, are other 5 responsible for items in 1D's collection. Unchecked letters of 1A, 1D and the ten 5 could make MORE THAN ONE VALUABLE NAME IN SHOWROOM.
Name Address ACROSS 7 Ham actor's coat (3) 11 Fine, active soldier with energy (6) 13 Chap in a boat set about work (7) 15 Singer having tincture after number (5) 16 Opponent with clubs in trick (5) 17 Notes made by master, very good artist (6) 18 Hit by hot band (5) 20 Indonesian working on site (6) 21 Substantial bribe, about fifty thousand (5) 27 Duck (in line, almost) probing all sections of water (7) 29 Snatches onions (5) 30 Art not damaged in transfer (6) 32 Repair effected by engineers with sudden effort (5) 34 Officer with knife in ritual (6) 36 See one going round in V&A (5) 38 Two men referring to African republic (7) 39 Bit of attention received by formerly unknown substitute (6) 40 Gain penny (3) 41 Disc snatched by criminal is recent, so not mono (11) DOWN 2 Fold gown in bag (8) 3 Queen up on ramp with starter of scheme behind? (9, two words) 4 Being set free, nice man gets excited outside court (12) 6 Position of ship, e.g. league out (8, hyphened) 8 Song of joy with line missing (4) 9 Monstrous Kong grips one start of unbeatable drama? (6) 10 Something done about jacket (5) 14 Rock fragments picked up on coral island mostly kept by child (12) 19 Lacking muscular strength, yachtsmen worried about current (10) 23 Pests jump on vehicles (8, hyphened) 25 Struggle with endless tenacity (6) 28 Press restricted by leaders of upset and angry community (6) 31 Shellfish in area south of Norway (5) 33 Fuel, from field, indoors (5) 35 Head for Bankside and parade in gallery (4)
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