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PORT GRAHAM'S CROSSWORD PORT 1187: Cold comfort by Mass

A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 12 December, With two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edi- tion of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1187, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued lights comprise nouns (including a La in etymon and a plural form) enclosed in seasonal adjectives. Their barred-off letters might form: A DOMICILE HAD ICE ON IT, HAIL PELTING IT.

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ACROSS 1 Gas flow regulators bewilder Royal Society (8) 6 Be demanding in approach (6, two words) 13 Stake, right, for old wretch (5) 14 In part he's mistaken calyx and corolla as one (8) 16 Some stronger nectar makes Spenserian gape (5) 17 Cyanide can, knocked back, irritate (7) 18 Cheek about sullen newcomer

(7)

19 Metal beam over Dutch weighing machine (9) 22 Ailing? Medicine's quietly taken

(3)

23 Stupid persons suffice, with cheats (6) 24 Dull bouts, maybe, needing energy (6) 26 Referred to proverb (3) 30 Suitable work, bagpipe piece, French one (9) 32 Chain binding a dead gaur (7) 33 Foods consumed in riotous eatings (7) 35 Seedy chaff in reserve (5) 36 Great minds from Hungary held by rascals (8) 37 Potato fork handle one's split

(5)

39 Broadcasts Olympic events? (6) 40 Stanley's deluded about billions, dreamily (8) DOWN 2 A judo costume fired yen for nimbleness (7) 3 Fellow ogled, made wry faces

(7)

4 Indeed lady's heartless, fairly (6) 5 Twist large number in US (4) 9 Number in camp sketch (7) 12 Wandering up state, briefly, for Indian hemp (5) 15 Air attack reportedly beamed

20 O) pening of raga, a flowing sound (4)

21 File: Crime Around Sweden (4) 25 Awkward lout turned up, not entirely shunned (7) 27 Yellow dye derivative consumed by sea, mostly (7) 28 All thin out in bustling scene (7, hyphened) 29 A slow learner's almost hooked ()

30 Firstly, old item in concert (4)

31 Obsolete flaming rockets' heads 34 Arab ab designed Tatar wagon (4)