CROSSWORD 1368: Littered by Doc

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 13 July, 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 1368, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (two of two words), individually or as a pair, are of a kind.

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Crossword 1367: Apologies for an error in the grid, which means that lights at 15 across and 38 across are a letter short. Each should be 11 letters long. Solvers should ignore the extra bars.

ACROSS

6 The jollies' units (6)

12 Italian woman backed round car of advancing years (10, two words)

13 Subject to be still, on back, say (5)

14 French priest included prize at end of debate (7) 16 Smooths out knots in items (7) 22 Right centre broken, it's reported (7) 23 English article was easy for Spenser (4) 24 Postponed bill about artist (7) 26 Pacific republic and its neighbour, Cuba (7) 30 Bewitching class of woopie (4) 31 Feather in a litter, fluffed (7) 34 Race for some of the athletes (4) 36 41, perhaps, in shelter given by grassland (7) 38 Another connection de jure or in error (10) 39 Farm worker or Indian physicist (7, two words) 40 Measure hi-fi with ring missing

42 P(5 revents 35D changing (6) 43 Brave about individual ailment

(8, hyphened) DOWN 2 Transfer one legal right with backing letter (8) 3 North American god confused Philistine one (5) 4 Girl with fragrant oil's right off orange (7) 5 Ruder sounding runner (7) 6 Commotion about the French sword (6) 7 One amongst three, maybe no! (6) 8 Jollity on the way up to hospital

(5)

9 Mild (not bitter) mixed in proper proportions (13, hyphened) 17 Illicit drug reserve (3) 18 Sound of horses as they eat? (5) 19 Border fortification PM wrote about (9, hyphened)

21 Type of ester having some benzoic ingredients (5)

27 Distressed state (3) 28 Sainted compiler (7) 29 Rich tea broken up for old antidote (7)

32 Spenser's path or highway in outskirts of Trowbridge (6)

33 Records non-U plants (6) 35 see 40 (5) 37 Spruce up backstairs, evenly (5)