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CROSSWORD 1378: Bear up by Columba

A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 21 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 1378, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The other unclued lights, individually or in one case as a pair, are names borne by a group whose presiding genius is, as Brewer con- firms, the 43 29. One light is of two words; ignore an apostrophe.

Name Address ACROSS 6 Posts slips (6) 12 Fungus coming from branch with unhealthy air (10) 13 OT character clothes certainly excite (5) 14 Tat put back includes old brooch (7, two words) 15 Careless batting — caution's abandoned (10) 16 Flood having son of Noah nearly consumed by worry (7) 22 Embarrassment covered by smile after tea (7) 23 Expert 29, no joker (4) 24 Pen to please fine writer? (7) 26 I loiter about and shelter in porch (7) 30 Scottish joke Columba wryly pens (4) 31 Skulk endlessly, uselessly, wanly

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34 Particle from muddy moat (4) 36 Discount bridling pony, restless and wild (7) 38 Petrel once fluttering around two animals (10, two words) 39 Faker's work not quite accurate? Then it's prison (7) 40 Banker's maxim (5)

41 Noblest gallery is situated in street (10)

DOWN

2 Hold phone, prating to Jock (8)

3 Libertines in scrapes (5) 4 Distinguished issue carries news about Spain (7) 5 Naps in sun on foreign site, for instance (7) 7 Curving around castle is a circular earthwork (6) 8 Twit, cross with books (5) 10 Calm nonconformist feels bit of disquiet about prayer (13, hyphened) 11 Dog-tired fellow holding strange old plough (9, hyphened) 17 Turn cat out (3) 18 Servant opposed to working late 21 Martial rtial art: origins of it are in distant Orient (5, hyphened) 25 Troy reduced effort, accepting curious item — deceptive one (8, hyphened) 27 Aim to study (3)

28 Raspberry? That shows anger up in base way (7)

32 Polar layer leaders of Innuit can walk over (6) 33 Old resident, first to live on mountain (6) 35 Persian bazaars seen with sinking heart (5) 37 Interval's hot under canvas (5)