CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 22 March, with two runners-up prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers English Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries (no photocopies) to: Crossword 1099, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

The unclued l'ghts (one of two words) comprise a forename and four synonyms for each of its two components.

Name Address

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ACROSS

1 Insignificant person, and squirt, in Ayr (5)

9 Illiterate's misspelt 'a phan bealt'! (10) 11 Brave dad's in pain (6)

12 Queen held in first card-game (7) •

14 A vein, bursting, causes blood- spots (5) 15 Timber stage (5) 22 After dance, lout avoids a com- motion (8)

23 Change of coat in animals' den? (7)

24 Car carried in juggernaut, once (4)

25 Bird always around South (4) 27 Fight one Eastern virus disease (7)

29 Debtor arrives with reduced value (8) 32 Bill must meet tennis star, it's said. Agree? (6) 34 Old-fashioned spread and trifle

(5) 36 Corpulent, powerful adult held (7)

37 Small dog, perhaps, gives rise to a flap (6) 38 Spot new coin, concerned with milling (10)

39 Washing.-powder dispels dirt, see, on -half of vest (9)

40 Some cleverness needed for prize (5) DOWN 1 Analyses test one entered, aim- ing for the top? (10) 3 Beginning of attack with unit protecting commander (6) 5 Impure substance makes Arab upset, sick inside (7) 6 Once called up PM in his Down- ing St address (5) 7 Notes iron mixed for a vaso- constrictor (9) 8 Rare wood, black in time (4) 10 Minister makes most of crowd acrimonious, we hear (9) 13 Horses run in horseshoes (7) 15 Charm everyone with practice, as of yore (6)

19 Individual's outwardly im- proved, but not a qualified surgeon (10)

21 Water's in low pasture (6) 26 Hides away mortal remains under stone (7) 30 Pollen-collectors, one in range (6) 31 Preserve Old English boat (5) 33 Compound I found in valley (5) 34 Potato salad's first, then dessert (4)

Solution to 1096; Wizards of Oz The unclued lights (12, 21, 25, 37, 41 Across and 2, 3, 6, 13, 23 Down) were eminent Australian sports men and women.

First prize: Sarah Foley, Uxbridge, Middx; Runners-up: G. F. Mar- shall, St Neots, Cambs; J. R. Ailing- ham, Peterborough.