CROSSWORD

W.&J

GRAHAM'S

PORT

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1991 Port for the first correct solution opened on 8 September, 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 1325, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights one of two words) once two of them have been paired, are thematically linked. Chambers does not give one place name.

Name Address

ACROSS 10 Ditch Dacotah maiden towards the end (4, hyphened) 14 Overdose on last of LSD left over (3) 15 Left threatening (8) 17 Marble passageway (5) 18 Legal right established again (7) 19 Sloven shown in newspaper with quantity of drugs (6) 22 Part of an atom obtained? Right-on (6) 24 Letters being signed initially (5) 26 This may bring you down to earth (9) 27 What's said in relation to head?

(9, hyphened) 29 The French knock out Polish town (5) 31 It's evident the old man has wine (6) 34 ME national in outskirts of Sydney managed without one (6) 36 Stewed kangaroo and ox sent round in the morning (7) 38 Group against causing argument (5, hyphened) 39 Dining at home in Spain, one can, having a drink (8, two words) 40 Fasten shoe (3) 41 Containing onset of tears, Zoe came with us for treatment of a skin condition (10) 43 Statement on oath about one with foreboding (12) DOWN 2 Fungus in Lake Tahoe spreading out on top of reeds (10, hyphened) 3 Wine with cake? (7) 4 Dubious outburst in the main about steamship (5) 5 Son with Heather's powerful catapult (9) 6 Egg-capsule is placed in old vacuum (6) 7 Type of sword carried by allies to crusades (5) 8 Archer turned up eagerly? (4) 9 Surface coating a tennis court cracked (12) 13 Dad has pool where you see fish (12, hyphened) 16 Girl's flat with no name (3) 19 Rectos? One put in for copies

23 F(6 ancy a trip on it? Score (9) 25 Avoid team with pace (8)

28 An article on one Sergeant- Major showing disbelief (7) 30 More than one wild animal has, having inner urge (6) 35 Plant a runt demolished (5)