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A first prize of 120 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 18 January, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1090, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
The unclued lights one hyphened, another an obsolete spelling in Chambers) comprise a key expression and two associated quartets. One clued light is a proper name.
Name Address ACROSS 8 Increases publicity on the radio (4) 10 Famour actor Richard embrac- ing German version of Othello (10, two words) 12 Desserts: reserve seconds (4) 14 Muscle ruined, we're told, by endless use (6) 17 Edition for children (5) 18 Reveal the tone of Debussy (5, two words)
20 Awful dearths creating strong dislikes (7) 23 Insects swim near land, leaving river (7)
24 Computer's odd components in mail carton (5)
25 Trophy to buy for quick profit (5)
27 Running off in love, lip gone quivery (7) 30 Sharks can crush asp with ease (7, hyphened) 32 Dull containers in service (7)
36 Sheet to make you sleep soundly (5)
37 Fire friend in error (5) 38 Recharge or lead off (6) 40 Poland subordinate to queen's riflemen? (10) 42 Course at Barts? Fellow's top: 'e's dropped out of a study of divinity (14) DOWN 1 Preserve fish for dog (5) 2 One found among melodists? (5) 4 Coin is no good, very tiny (5) 5 A chin tuft (7) 6 Obtained info about old race (6) 7 Electrical apparatus for maquisards, perhaps? (9) 9 Shoeless cad ties lace in knots (11) 11 One in three? Wrong, one of two (6) 13 Hailed cunning Scots lout (7) 16 Cut-price retailer two floors be- low street level, you say? (11) 21 Some odd animal, muscular type
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28 Liberal is a speaker with faulty diction (6) 29 Fashion cut by American cutter (6) 31 Melody, part of Lothario solo (6 33 Distressed prof's first to enter university class (5) 34 Tree in Goa? Wrong (5) 35 Blue after exercises? That's annoying (5)
Solution to 1088: Rugby team
The title suggests All Blacks', The unclued lights (12, 15, 24, 27, 34A; 2, 9, 16, 37D), when preceded by 'black', form accepted phrases.
First prize: Mrs P. G. Dunn, Seven- oaks, Kent Runners-up: Hugh F. Thomas, Estepona, Spain; D. J. Caldecott-Smith, Salisbury.
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