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A first prize of f„30 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1991 Port for the first correct solution opened on 16 June, 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 1313, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Seven unclued lights might be found in the eighth (two words). Elsewhere ignore three accents.
Name Address ACROSS
1 Nameless hero backs short- sighted bod (5)
4 Pin note on British surplice (9) 10 Style me a bleeder not beyond salvation (10) 11 Controls breached by black currency (6) 14 After spare jars (5) 15 One inch passage (5) 16 In playing organ I was dull (6) 23 Greek ogles the maturest (7) 24 Astringent product of German cinema (4) 27 Less stupid than illiterate, coach reported (7) 29 Baby Face, say, cycling in mittens? (8, hyphened) 32 Fashion wasted guineas without number (6) 34 Cleaner paper (5) 35 Marvellous malign plant eludes identity (5)
36 Miffed backer almost flaming (7)
37 Nicer about German toy (6) 38 Pillow-case merchant overheard in watering-hole (10, two words) 40 Leafstalk from fruit-trees or leaves (5) DOWN 2 Litter green (5) 4 Marks Libby ingesting grass (7) 5 Sony for heron tense in arena (10) 6 About seven in heap dicky on road (7, hyphened) 7 Fuel cockney had alight (5) 8 Swagger in hat and dress (9) 9 Northern eyrie's eagle (4) 13 Rattle peace-keepers never in action (7) 15 Ham, say, in Arabian belly (6) 17 Aircraft display comprises short easy runs (10)
18 Which lovers play and share record? (7)
19 Do some three recipes bishop ordered for starters (10) 20 Workaholism, therefore sloth upset chap involved (9) 21 Spirited party taking one year (6) 26 Ninety abandoned Merton in vacation (7, hyphened) 31 Welsh emblem bolsters college club (5) 33 Neat guide (5) 34 Thrust from knife inhibiting us (4)
Solution to 1310: Stress
The other unclued lights might have been put UNDER LINE (19) by a LExi- COGRAPHER (12).
First prize: David J. Dare-Plumpton, Boston, Lincs. Runners-up: Emily Morris, London N1; Jack Walton, Ewell, Surrey.
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