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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 17 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 1107, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The title might suggest 17; and also a 13-word phrase formed by the lights at 27 10 9 41 38 15 12.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 1 Food soaks, whisked round in utensils (8) 6 Observes (without afterthought) bacterial attacks (6) 13 Cow, getting Henry under (5) 14 Beat captivates piper, enduring in Scotland (7) 16 From deep he dragged sea-grape

(7)

20 Male in dock: explosive case (4) 22 Salt? Roe's unusually frenzied

(7)

23 Back issue about a temple (4) 24 Snipe snared by Eddie got free

(7)

26 Hurried over tax to furnish accounts (7) 30 Land mass (in atlas, I assume) (4) 31 Char, leave in source of flame

(7)

34 Corded cloth from salesmen (4) 36 Concretions, fifty in rough cal- cium, reduced (7) 39 Writer to smear club? (7) 40 Subject, say, in tale (5) 42 Olivier, perhaps, in stage finale?

(6) 43 Very large number (about 101) of song-birds (8) DOWN 2 Article on bridge, about Italy's player (8) 3 Twig? Needs intelligence, man!

(5)

4 Hint of steam in warped boards accumulates damp layer (7) 5 Egg? Assess fertiliser (7) 6 Strait with current showing variance (6) 7 Bird, small, over in hollow (6) 8 Former slaves' inverted mental attitude (5) 11 British in the German store, for car part (9) 18 Love wise Indian? (5) 19 Strains certain among newsmen

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21 Fool's gold? None in manganese

(5)

25 Deuterium in sink: record mea- sure (8) 28 Steep slopes in SE, rising, with faults (7) 29 Trade in cars, for example (7) 32 Cooks left out English salmon (6) 33 Birds, reportedly, fish and insect (6) 35 Note about wife's family group

37 Mint, nt, it's said, in good position (5) Solution to 1104: Druid Theme: (rock forms or compounds): 1, 6, 10, 11, 13, 19, 21, 25, 31, 34, 37, 40. Circuit lights (associated with stone): copple-Wheat-head-pumie- oil-sand-Rosetta-sarsen.

First prize: Dr T. 0. Hughes, Dor- chester; Runners-up: Jack Walton, Ewell, Surrey; Mrs Joyce Dowie, Crieff, Perthshire. Rocks and stone. Radials