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1156: I'm there! by Doc

A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 9 May, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edition of The Chambers Dictionary, priced at £22.50 — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1156, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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28 29 31 ACROSS 11 Bishop's residence: one in the square (6) 13 Almost a month before bed bears fruit (7) 16 Flower that's £25 out East (5) 17 Recorded and readily available by the end of June (6, two words) 18 Small map at home by the TV 5) 20 ontinue to tease about black tatter (6)

21 Young ox swallowing a mammal (5)

22 Sign of hesitation during first card game (7) 27 New caterer for open-sided gal- lery (7) . . 29 . . Old gallery could be unreal: no name (5) 30 Pulsating Hobart review (6) 32 Censors reversing some of the latest ideas (5) 36 Develop mould (5) 37 Shock a backward Scandinavian 38 Actor tor with new role outside Civic Centre (7) 40 Non-professional song (3) 41 Occasions when soldiers sign on broken lines, with 1000 in tents? (11) DOWN 1 The Opposition typify theatrical production on screen (10, hyphened) 2 See rough terrain yielding alka- loid (8) 3 Collar and embrace man (9, hyphened) 4 Anaconda mauling ant swallow- ing male insect (12, hyphened) 5 It's pouring, but it sounds like stopping (7) 6 He uses thread resetting mass- eter (8) 7 Double double X (5) 8 Alligators dropping man on low islets (4) 9 Batsman taking exercise during one run (6) 10 Currency exchange: one rand (5) 12 Sustain successes on river (6) 14 TV programme for 'Father of the Year'? (12, four words) 19 Dessert spilt round about 40 weighing machines (10) 21 Must iron and tritium react for another element (9) 23 Feudal superior's right showing Persian pnest embracing girl (8) 24 Lowplace with rain-affected plant (3) 28 Pastoral staff losing right for Shakespearian cobbler ( 31 Alcoholic drink suggeste by the ladies? (5) 35 Manor house on outskirts of Haverhill (4)