W. & GRAHAM ' S
PORT
CROSSWORD
A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 20 September, with two run- ners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries to Crossword 1429, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
Radial lights read from edge to centre or vice versa, twenty of each. A definition (ten words) of 10 19 reads clockwise in the cir- cuit next to the outer one. Three sources, confirmed in Chambers's definition of one of the unclued radials, read anti- clockwise in the circuit next to the innermost.
Name Address RADIALS (6) 1 Permit nectar to be drunk 2 Dwell with granny during festival 3 Firm green shelter 4 Compact essay full of taste 5 Offend, cutting in ahead of an emperor 6 Dagger damaged blouse 7 Diver in Bahamas flourishes 8 Vent in railway carriage 9 Larvae changing in a while will have day in... 11 ... sun, possibly by northern river 12 Recent study about radius prefaced by doctor 13 US element consul furiously protects 14 Needle, left in filthy place, unserviceable 15 Be furious about crack in tap 16 Spruce species? Uncertain 17 First partner's got outside edge 18 Tidies fringes of proper little devils 20 Lecturer arrived at college thrash 21 Metropolitan hearing about priest and chaplain 22 Charge into view in riding attire 23 Bishop's deputy shows restraint in struggle 24 Wild men mostly behind military government, ignoring justice 25 Drink staff reduced around college 26 Inclined to entreat, clutching leg 27 Lift given by fragment of song? 28 Front's required to infiltrate underworld councils 29 A lot in Scotland relish dancing 30 Fair greeting to call 31 Quiet desire to sew 32 Bit of solvent with power to corrode leather 33 Harm done by female holding whip 34 Line of verse to examine, getting cross inside 35 Season lintel 36 See dye (not lake), then problem's over? That's the intention 37 Old crone shows ire, agitated without tipple 38 Teacher finds crib examinee has hidden 39 Returning Conservative, one with story about times of banishment 40 Male with guitar — entertaining Greek character — supplies dance music
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