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A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 10 April, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1202, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

79 (three words), i.e. 15D (three words), comprises the other unclued lights (one of two words).

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 8 Fruit-stone — hard, central part

(4) 11 With soft voice, stop close to

lion spotted around trap (12, hyphened) 12 Young hound coming on (5) 14 Sentimentality in revised Lear

etc (7) 16 Landmass of Iceland turned into rock (4) 17 Be fruitful, touching in conjugal union (5) 18 Some advocate lemon over pancake (6) 22 Fished from shelf by lake? (8) 23 Your past occupies god of depths (7) 24 Fruit juice, love — cheers! (6) 25 Exercised nous in agreement (6) 27 Rare elation? Yup, hero goes bananas (7) 33 Line inhabiting hall with square wings? (6) 34 Patient, shut in so (5) 35 Fruits, thrown back, bruise (4) 37 Stage in development of grape juice involving fermenting aid 38 Cores of pomroys get amongst quite pungent refuse (5) 39 Old scullion's knack, working with the vine (12, hyphened) 40 Finishes odd pieces (4) 41 Fools in case take legal adviser (8) DOWN 1 Butler curtailed circuit speaker 2 Certain rtain inspirational island (4) 3 Proclaim consort of Olympian lord (6) 4 Eyes slugs etc climbing leaves

(7)

5 Bringing up old guns wrought with niello (10) 6 Shores, stone margins (7) 8 Prized example of fruit left (5) 9 Let me out east to essay rangefinding (9) 10 Explosive editor double minded? (6) 13 Troy, enormous city, unites for decade (8) 19 New weavings of subtle trustee Rex (10) 26 Unique thing, Norse brooch inlaid with tin, picked up (7) 28 Salts, active in vessel in south

29 (7 Va)

riegate last of soft fruit? (6) 31 Nonjuror united with wise king (6) 32 Leading pair of Mickey and Pluto in coats? (5) 36 Endless revelry includes very old drinking-cry (4)

Solution to 1199: Fanny Kent?

The title suggested 12D: COCK (14, 38, 40, associative names) LANE (4, 15, 19, locations) GHOST (1D, 5, 16, literary).

First prize: C. M. Beattie, Chesham, Bucks. Runners-up: Anthony Booth, Harrow; Camilla Fairbairn, Cuck- field, W. Sussex.