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1175: 43A by Mass

A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 19 Septem- ber, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1175, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

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23D (two words) or 15D might be produced by 36D-1A with 43A (which defines the other unclued lights). Ignore two accents.

Name Address ACROSS 5 English snipe's outburst (6) 9 Showman's motto (or I misread) (10) 14 Riddle's easy? Easy in part (3) 16 S. American bird, note, in Scottish town (6) 17 Spenser's behind a tower (5) 18 One pal around North's starting to flourish (5, two words) 20 Pancake out of air attack around North East (7) 24 Arabian watered silk in ornate wardrobe (7) 25 Muslim founders, one thousand in total almost (5)

26 A barrel on edge, full to the top (5)

28 African monkey from small state, endlessly active (7) 31 Short bagpipe tune without minor percussion hammer (7) 33 Books of plates from SE with old satin covers (7) 37 Italian's enthusiasm for fancy torse (5) 38 Caught girl in Highland cotton- grass (5) 39 Junior officers (and French) among bounders (6) 40 Bearing strain (3) 41 Iron? Better for making radio- active hydrous phosphate? (10) 42 Oblique, Queen's pin (6) DOWN 1 Vanishing act? One in rapid escape, maybe (13) 2 Unhappy defeat (5) 3 Lamplichter finds loch weird (6) 4 Relative's Indian bread (N. American) (5) 6 Din is orchestrated, before entering 'mutes'? (7) 7 Shrill time in dispute (6) 8 Strut for piano (4) 10 Plunderer (short name) grabbing billion (6) 12 Layers beneath one, right, in cases Freud analysed? (13) 13 Flying mammal from Russia in healthy flutter (8, hyphened) 19 Freak rain pounded Cape Dutchman (9) 29 One in lists headed for legal ejection (6) 30 Glimpse Scotch, gallons on shelf (6) 32 Mark (in record) steep slope (6) 34 Horse and a Tatar wagon (5) 35 Disclose imperfect cut (5)