29 JUNE 1996, Page 53

CROSSWORD

A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1989 Port for the first correct solution opened on 15 July, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary). Entries to: Crossword 1267, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

Radial lights read from rim to centre or vice versa, twenty of each. A definition in the circuit next to the outer one (eight words, beginning and ending in the same space), and another in the innermost circuit (three words), both roll clockwise.

Name Address

RADIALS (6)

1 Note skunk outside, very small 34 Trunk line reduced for jacket 2

3 4 5 Stored classy cloth 38 Soak, wearing good hat 6 7 Union pests made disturbances 8 Note about brewing hops, in effect 9 Unknown officer has fad 10 Riot's tense for us in Barrow!

11 Former pay for retaining royal attendant 12 Fishes, tons, at receptions 13 Non-gypsy (Italian's not one) 14 Slow, a soldier, in trouble 15 Mac's a little way off? You bet, 16 17

wandering Solution to 1264:

Turning up? Head's missed trip 18 19 spicy dish Golf stroke from learner landed among riff-raff Many birds showing tufts 20 21 22 Opposite in carriage, droopy Amir, maybe, about hour with book in mosque niche A King occupying thin rank 23 24 Dismiss as a bold lie Cooking staff, German, about

last in Zwickau 25 Market, one absorbing Henry's

girl 26 Lithograph that incorporates

thrush 27 Understand and tolerate 28

string ed the other unclued lights.

29 Digestive for spasm after spirit 30 Assertive article gets endless

31 32 33 Metal die's new alloy M. Gow, Elgin, Morayshire. Weapon in resistance, almost 35 Workers losing time in tankers fatal 36 One shy of responsibility?