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A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 9 March, 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 1350, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (three individually, each of two words, two pairs and a trio) are of a kind.

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24 Lily's not a Scottish lad (7) 25 Top-notch fragment put back on ancient pipe (5) 26 Old gallery mirrored Verulanium (5) 28 Revised copy from socialist crowd (7) 31 Eponymous heroine's butterfly

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34 It's offensive; I saw and heard it!

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37 Unending tune from place of choice beauty (5) 39 The old world turn of phrase (6) 41 Threaten philosopher about bird (9) 42 Huntsman's call in red-light area (4) 43 It's unlucky when union has to dock entire changes (14, two words) DOWN 1 Divisions with Lords, maybe (6) 2 Gather around, starting to chat and sum up (5) 4 From loch, residue of metallic oxide (5) 6 Movie lover, one from Tyneside, amongst the actors (7) ACROSS 1 Crowds and mobs row about United — what a stir! (14, two words) 9 Sanctioned twacha' in 13 dictionary (4) 11 New price, 1/10, maybe — does he get it? (9) 12 Smart young girl got tailed (4) 14 Fooling in French I is! (6, two words) 16 Chinese weight and distance; one gallon (5) 17 Twofold mount! (5) 20 Ten lads awfully prejudiced (7) 21 He's let out and runs to refuge 7 Distressing film category, below (6) 8 Scurrilous, coarse drunkard — a president (8) Mounted troops turned out on lake railway (7) 22 Wanderer upset about unknown crafts (7) 27 Old uncle tore up rhetorical question (7) 29 Bar with water, for instance (7) 32 Northern willow is more fragrant (6) 33 Membrane of almost nominal make-up (6) 35 Ms Winfrey with work. Cheers!

36 Dog ate nothing for tea (5)