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1115: Out of place by Doc

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 12 July, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for 1.1X solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1115, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued ghts (confirmed in Chambers) are of an or'ginal kind. Elsewhere, ignore two accents.

Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 12 1 Fate of a month with illegal army 14 11 imothy East with book about 20 company's future (10, three words) 22 13 Advantageous when novice 23 somehow admits French noble 16 ) distracted European lost to view 17

Pierce wild hog swallowing old twigs (7)

18 Highest note in Handel aria (3, hyphened) 19 Tenor embracing lofty privileged trader (10) 21 Think, once, and talk of reason Co 24

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33 35 37 38 39 41 DOWN 1 Cameroon comics or anising large-scale budgeting (1 2 Rude rating on review ( ) 4 To bring motor-bike into life thrills prostitute (9, two words) 5 There's money in this new fashion! (5) 7 Bumpkin and pair of oxen left 8 ullen, low and outwardly dowdy (5) 9 How Kerr's career developed as investigator! (14, two words) 10 Goes in, fresh and well-groomed (6) ckney warms up food (4) Criminal returned race 13allot- box and road-sign (10, three words) Scottish supplement that is back with Kelvin (3) Overindulge with love; violent wind results (7) Pen-tips of beige, indigo, red and orange (4) Drink twice at reservoir (9, two words) Like a mythical monster of Inca nature, maybe (10) Backward shelter hiding long stump (5) 25 26 31 32 34 35 Some occupation of the court- yard (5)

Solution to 1112: Drinkads

He thinks about a rifle (6) Scottish through passage turning astern (6) Expert in cell-group with English family of plants (9) Guides oxen (6) Informer hiding note about a chain (8) Learned man landed on Muse

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ustomer holding up New York conspiracy (6) Old scout having time in place of quarantine (6)

A long time up at combat area V)

Perfect cooking, Delia! (5)

The unclued lights form the three sponsors' slogans which have accompanied the Chess, Competi- tion tion and Crossword in The Spectator for the past months namely, 7D+1A, 24+28+25+3 and 2+14+8+4).

First prize: K. A. Pocock, Lytham St Anne's; Runners-up: Mrs Camil- la Fairbairn, Cuckfield, W. Sussex; The Revd Canon T. M. Oliver, Morpeth.