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1083: A byte of the apple by Doc

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 16 November, 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 1083, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued lights (one of two words and one hyphened) are of a kind, verifiable as such in Chambers.

Name Address ........... ....... ACROSS 10 Measure is a record this year (4) 12 Vehicle discovered in 1529? (10, two words) 14 Reserve diamonds (3) 15 Visitor could be a tea-leaf! (8) 18 Minority less one changing three terms (7) 19 Artist caught out for a duck (6) 22 Acquired attention about 16 (6)

24 Distinctive character of egg- head host, maybe (5)

27 Hell includes austere regions (9) 29 Surplus copies of love poetry in French (5)

31 Large cat's standard pulse (6) 34 Most senior duke in Steel Review (6)

36 half- turn Vehicle at a pass, making half- 38 Amateur getting profit once more (5) 39 Assume an electrical particle occupied place (8) 40 Wander back from garret (3) 42 No running water, ebbing for eternity (4) 43 Equipment caught extravagant fellows in the act (12) DOWN 2 Serving to diminish vital poise, somehow (10) 3 See 21 (7) 4 Civet beheading fish (5) 6 It's almost noon, soon! (6) 8 Your actual flare (4) 9 Mixed red-salmon dip. Heaven! (12, two words) 11 Luxurious tower is multi-storey (8, hyphened) 13 Optical toy awfully like a party's hood (12) 16 See 22 (3) 19 Has news of European carriage (6) 20 Frustration of French exploit (6) 21 Simile involving one MP and 3 (10) 23 Hand out upsetting oarsman in plant (9, hyphened) 30 Fate sails round (6) 32 Argument in favour of halving profit (3) 35 Arson wrecked echo-sounding equipment (5) 37 The point of cheap excursions (4)

Solution to 1080: Have a break The theme is the KIT-KAT CLUB 181-1 of CHRISTOPHER CAT 43A , frequented by all the other unclued lights (1A and 7,13,15,19,22D).

First prize: E. Looby, Birmingham;

Runners-up: C. I. Meek, Win- chelsea, Sussex; Miss F. J. Tar- rant, Windsor.

Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Rook' service.