CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 10 August, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1069, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The other unclued lights form 34A and are ID.

Name Address ACROSS

1 Virus-like agent gets heart in leaf (5)

9 New Lear is twice edited, broad- cast in episodes (10) 11 Provide relief? Manager's after a measure (6) 12 Part of Tintagel on groundwork that's lasting (7) 14 Note one giant (5) 15 Brown, Georgia, in bikini (5) 16 Taken from till, maybe, without leave (6, hyphened) 22 Cruel turn of fate grips Eastern Scot (8)

23 (7)Image in oil one'd reproduced

24 Last word's not quite correct (4) 25 Dead ox, native of Borneo (4) 27 Girl, English, in the money (7) 32 Businessman, a learner, taken in by stag (6) 34 See preamble (5) 35 I sell woven yarn (5)

37 Points to fault in rock face (6)

39 Litter reeks badly outside US indoor fairs (9) 40 Display in South Dakota? (5) DOWN 1 See preamble (10)

2 Porter (a litre) after meat (5) 4 Teacher knocked up German dish (7)

5 Mark short test for lady (7) 6 V (real differentiated con- sonant) (5) , 7 Modes of speech universal with time, in form of slang (9) 8 Irritated over a habit (4) 10 One girl turned up among score of receivers (9)

13 Cheer, with tot, in depression (7)

19 Inversion in revised short paean (10) 20 Reportedly twisted board can be corrected (9) 21 They're sharp, dashing fellows

26nears chill, we hear — has wool- y)a

l

28 Poo(r7) Caribbeans with radical

ties (7) 30 Academic Glaswegian's charm (6)

31 Lighter carriage with adult in- side (5)

33 Bird pecking head off rue (5) 34 Hand with King makes trick for Jock (4)

Solution to 1066: `. . and all that'

Italic definitions: (A) 4 tig, 13 con- quer, 16 red, 19 evil, 23 norm, 32 old, 37 car, 41 ord, 42 fit, 43 stem, 44 stings; (D) 1 hard, 2 wit, 3 hum, 6 god, 10 even, 17 ay, 18 con, 22 pest, 36 ling.

First prize: Janet Clark, Rdssen- dale, Lancs; Runners-up: Mri J. M. Nash, Cheltenham; Wilfrid Miron, Halam, Notts.

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