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A first prize of 130 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1991 Port for the first correct solution opened on 7 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 1316, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
The other unc ued lights form three triads suggested respectively by the components of lA (double-hyphened).
Name Address ACROSS 9 Decoration on floors Hindu queen inset with gold mostly (7) 11 How about good wood showing rot? (7) 16 Muslim prince always enthrals me (5) 17 Heartless bird could be evil (4) 20 Baby sounds grumpy initially on drives around lake (7) 21 Old ships getting edible seaweed on board (7) 23 Protein substance Chinese has at home (7)
24 Photographs one Eastern fairy (5)
25 French dignitary, one bitten by horse (5) 31 Revelling in S. American port can drag ultimately (7) 35 Old cold? Drink drop of egg-flip (4) 37 Drummer enters half tipsy, quaking (6) 38 Symbol concerning it shown on other side of page (5) 39 Instrument found in sacred river by old sailors (7) 40 Authorise POW to be held by returning army unit (7) 41 Old fossils crack old mirrors? (13, hyphened) DOWN 2 Violent attack once around the East (5) 3 I cheat, upset Aborigine (5) 4 Southern seabird in uprooted palms (6) 5 Gigi and Hal swimming in reservoir (7) 6 An example of pride going before a fall? (7, hyphened) 7 Seldom depend on artist? Just the opposite (6) 8 Cannibal they upset has earthenware container (9) 10 Fungus with frill on stalk, one captured by artist (10) 13 Put down coach again (7) 15 Proceedings currently in progress, last of actions (8) 18 Light blue shellfish (10) 19 Transgress on stage (8) 22 One comes on to the stage to join the Queen (7) 26 Omissions from the Bard's report about the Italian uprising
(7)
28 Like a snake from New Guinea wrapped round base of mangosteen? (7)
30 Spoil little girl before rep comes over r(e6n) 32 Women
in clan cleaned (5) 34 Under-secretary holds short sermon for drug addicts (5)
Solution to 1313: Tally
The other unclued lights might be found in TACK ROOM (22).
First prize: Dr & Mrs R.J. Green, Southampton. 'Runners-up: Huffy Bagshaw, Horley, Surrey; Bill Ander- son, London W6.
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