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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 8 February, lyith two runners-up prizes of E10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1093, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Thk..e unelued I ghts are members of a group. All are in Chambers, wu Brewer g'ves the most orderly account of them. Ignore an accent in a clued light.
Name .......... Address .......
....... ..........
ACROSS 1 Befoul captain's fish (11, hyphened) 7 Greyish-brown hill (3) 11 Offshoot of British stock-farm (6) 13 Sappers (lovelorn mob) endless- ly laid earth for defences (7) 17 Falcon a queen held by both wings (6) 18 Scolds classes (5) 20 Greek deities rage madly about sloth (6) 21 A quaintly pleasing accent (5) 22 Reorganised all correct uranium in store (7, two words) 27 French state police reversed direction (7) 29 Mature come-back of Irish author (5) 30 Ambassador from Celt chieftain (6) 32 River, Russian one, not urban- ised (5) 34 Sailors skirting Maine breakers (6) 36 Tap an exotic source of rice? (5) 37 Wounded one's skin (5) 38 Suppressing retching (7) 40 Back out of extraordinary row
(3)
41 Baltic traders providing fish in festivals (11) DOWN 1 Tightwads cut by vocal experts on ethics? (10) 3 Barrel of drink like rum (9) 5 Odd tree, among last logged (7) 6 Tobacco, the quick way? (8, hyphened) 7 Divine plunge into water (5) 8 Close to Clinton, Arkansas ex- pert (4) 10 Japanese coin, old? Absolutely
(5)
12 One saint, outwardly eccentric, is spirited (6)
14 Worked on aged nugget, mould- ing ornaments (12, hyphened) 19 Solon et al somehow gave sense to society (10, two words) 23 Too fastidious about French re- sort (8)
24 Visitant alien SAS grilled (8) 26 Uplifted prophet, without Latin, tells (7) 31 Type that is about to tease (5) 33 Extreme talk (5) 35 Repetition in the chorus (4)
Solution to 1090: Intriguing Theme: IA, i.e. CLOAK (15 cardinal. 21A manteel. 22 capelet, 39 toga) and DAGGER (3 kreese, 19 stiletto, 26 poinado, 41 dirk).
First prize: C. I. Meek, Winchelsea, Sussex; Runners-up: Miss Caroline Roberts, London SW11; Mrs D. Waller, Rayleigh, Essex.
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