A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's

Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 10 May, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1106, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

Doc celebrates his 200th puzzle in 'The Spectator' by inviting eight appropriate guests who appear as the unclued lights (two of two words which clearly confirm the title, initially). Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe.

Name Address ACROSS

8 100 square metres — round ab- out! (4)

10 Old alphabet in English, un- familiar. See! (10) 12 Vast areas are diseased, having died out (4) 14 Severe Princess leaving area (6) 17 Smell of river, it's said (5)

18 Slow movements or a fast one? (5)

20 Uproar from class love-affair (7) 24 Train, running smoothly, is heard (5) 25 See 2 (5)

27 Yeltsin collapses, grandly (7, two words) 32 A setter forging true copy (7)

36 Lines appearing in 7 soft hairs

(5)

37 Written decree nowadays seen in anger (5) 38 Fishing net obtained from aft of Marie Celeste (6, hyphened) 40 Apparently Mafibine is to rest on ceremonial view (10, three words) 41 Some French graduate turns over, not yet up (4) 42 Philanthropic team praises, it's said, sailors embracing French author (14, two words) DOWN

1 West African headman always off cheese (5)

2 Beheading clergyman is a 25 (5) 3 Was informed about rental (6) 4 It's out there! (5) 5 A new strain of upas-trees (7) 6 Garland and meadow-grass for Australian bird (6) 7 Publicity not yet out — out before one (9) 11 Stock-farm round group of huts (6) 13 Smooth Scottish emblem in press (7) 15 Used tyres RU seldom changes (8) 19 Homologous organs — one pro- vided on pools (8) 22 Pertaining to insects, not mice, anyhow (7) 26 Teams from the Spanish square

(7)

28 Stone cask upset — a hindrance

29 (6 He)

artless old Scottish inn- keeper is not so fresh (6) 31 Keener fisherman is reported (6) 33 During interval, looks up Irish doctor (5) 34 Possibly, thirty days to live (5) 35 Principal's capes (5)

Solution to 1103: Triotriagrams The trios of anagrams are: 11, 19 and 30; 17, 36 and 40; 2, 23 and 25.

First prize: Mrs Jane Whitehead, Westcliff-on-Sea; Runners-up: Mrs 0. G. Willett, Higher Bebington, Wirral; Arthur Hall, Goring-by- Sea.

Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.