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A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 14 April, 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 1355, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address ACROSS 1 Censure soul fumbling on-drives (13) 14 Aphrodisiac sandwich EC controls (6) 16 Fast round gets slow (5) 17 Plant in turfs midst almost barren (5) 20 Salamander in sinuous posture

21 P(7 eer receives loud cuckoo with pomp (7)

23 One who's anxious about meal not finished? (7) 24 Possible newspaper material South Africa banned (5) 25 Couples twist in romantic city

(5) 27 Sloth sees choking sloth expire (7)

30 Bad style cramps one presumptuous travel writer (7) 32 Images of extravagant sceptre (7) 36 Stage of glaciation broken by classy laugh (5) 37 Two rivers in the country (5) 42 Commemorative event poorly coordinated, alas (13, two words) DOWN 1 Accepted conduct near the wind from Bill? (5) 2 Discussing style is hard (5) 3 Ancient Australian lodge collapsed (6, hyphened) 4 Occasions for sowing in five rows (5) 5 Maybe Valjean starts to enjoy some rare peace (7) 7 Small fish trustee leaves in shop (6) 8 Saucy new crew cut provoked dissent (9) 10 Radio ham under fire makes tree (10, hyphened) 13 Kernel's not without defect with top distorted (7) 15 Supporting and exhorting, playing Hungary away (8) 18 Braves ague, shivery and below par (10) 21 Record making piece of origami? (9) 22 Kind of warm, kind of sunny (except Ghana) (7) 26 Prior wrestling grabs abbot perhaps (7) 28 Tapioca reserve down 25% in mansion (7) 29 Squeeze cures zaire in crisis (6) 31 Ravine's narrow sides scaled. I'm here! (6) 33 Company auditor's made an estimate (5) 34 Cupidity suited no amateur (5) 35 Polish brass collection two unknowns keep (5)