CROSSWORD

W. & J.

GRAHAM'S

PORT

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 11 May, 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 1359, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (two of two words, including one abbreviation) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Collins confirms 27.

Name Address ACROSS 6 Plain square settles (6) 13 Rouse as Spenser did morning's almost past (5) 16 Language requiring translating, in part (5) 17 Road-users' clubs (7) 18 Wanted to be emasculated? (7) 19 see 23 (9) 22 see 26 (3) 23 Plant out 19 without set-back 24 Genus nus of fossils boy found in middle of house (6) 26 & 22A City director's wavy (6) 30 Sort of fever of the gullet embraces deposit (9) 32 Paints English celebrities round loch (7) 33 Tree with profuse blossoms around moles (7) 35 One factor once used to whiten flour (5) 37 Some reach a noisy capital (5) 38 He acknowledges distribution of new groceries (10) 39 Anxiety about Severn (6) 40 It's done thoroughly at the pig- roast? (8, two words) DOWN 1 Station by hill during summer is obvious (14, three words) 2 Dancing-girl circling Irish cupboard (7) 3 Drink — maybe kava somewhat invigorating (7) 4 Wrecked aerie contained soft spider (6) 5 Poles beheaded animals (4) 7 Official soldier (8) 9 Works of art with one covering overturned in state (7) 10 Gay Spice and Andrew out for sport (14, two words) 12 I took in instruction for dialect

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15 Employ sound animals (4) 20 Teetotal's outside 'The Duck' (4) 21 Stories of famed daring (4) 22 Gallows at Goal Corner (8, hyphened)

25 RC case for small horseshoe (7) 27 Enzyme from lizard with points (7)

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30 Good garland and sticky clay (4) 34 Pack for school, we're told (4)