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A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1989 Port for the first correct solution opened on 19 August, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1272, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London
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The unclued lights hear a common feature, different in Loch case.
Name Address
ACROSS
1Singer's course (5) 4 Attempt to throw father into low platform (9) 9 Daringly innovative concert involved Athene (10) 11 Supplication out east caused dismay(5) 12 Stupid! It's a hog in distress (7) 14 Dull and awfully cold around 2nd of June (5) 15- Princess wearing exciting loin- cloth (5) 21 North Sea wrecked furniture (8) 22 Trumpet call of sailor in police- station (7) 24Deer-r is heard (4) 25 Major hunteseconard. Leading Thatcherite first (4) 27 Fish by headless flower — how bright(7) 28 Letter to friend in charge of verse form (8) 34 Wearing French article below 35 ?1)smashed shield (5) 37 Cotton sails trimmed with intricate borders (7) 38 Mouths language endlessly (5) 39 Like old wine — second-rate wine's edge, maybe (10) 40 One state capital with notice about shrub (9) 41 See 35 (5)
DOWN
1 Posh almost adult soldiers embraced by that magician (13) 5 Dry in a short moment (4) 6 Flowers for rock-group crew, we hear (7)
7 Ways up Shap round Townhead (5)
8 Doubts about women having left drought area (8, hyphened) 10 Mrs Caine by the new wall in the hearth (13) 13 Promenade close to wall where pelota is played (7) 19 Composer spilt retsina (7) 23 Capital fellow Nathaniel left out, sadly (8) 26 I sit up in tree, favouring the best (7) 32 More lavish frequently — always! (5) 36 When it's on, it could be an inroad! (4)
Solution to 1269: Jumblies
The lights were all ANAGRAMS First prize: J. C. Leach, Sheffield. Robert-Jones, Liverpool; John bert-Jones,
Liverpool; Dr. P.W. Thompson, Cardiff.
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