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PORT A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1479 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 22 August, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edi- tion of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1171, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS

6 Re-enter new region (7)

15 Back after 30 November, frozen (4) 16 Small chapels reflecting every East Caribbean god (7) 17 Maybe Shakespeare's princely prize distributed without mea- sure (7) 18 Parrot in the takeaway (3) 19 Drug dispensed at Belmouth (10) 21 & 7 Crashing lorry, close to car (10, hyphened) 24 Excessive desire about one to give birth (4) 27 Top of freight removed for boat (4) 28 A great number of old crocks?

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33 Supporter backing Albion Rovers' bids, initially (3) 35 Mother embracing Welsh boy's art movement (7) 36 Maenads smashing wreaths (7) 37 Swelling bud (4) 39 Popular foreign-looking Queen taken in by a lecturer (10) 40 Separated from unmarried director (7)

41 Borders — fabric lacks one (7) DOWN

1 Fails to estimate fully new MP; pairs upset a reserve (14) 2 Extremely awkward clue, Eddy (8

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t doesn't go off (6) 5 Group of mountains from River Ganges' heart (5) 6 Stayed out with us at times each week (8) 7 See 21 (5) 8 Noblemen left amongst receivers? (5) 9 Permanent staff's businesses (14) 10 Perm for old character at party (6) 12 Joyful shouts round about log- huts (6) 20 I've a new athletic award brought round from the Middle Ages (9) 22 Letter from essayist getting the knife (6) 23 Parodist out in Egyptian town (8, two words) 25 Sane high-priest's breast-plate (8)

26 Revolutionary having to veto old measure (6)

29 Firearm: an old piece worth 17l- out East (6) 31 Insecurity affecting 5D (6) 34 Offer opposition to British during dance (5) 35 Sweet old dictator's love-in (5)