7 FEBRUARY 1998, Page 51

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A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 23 February, with two run- ners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1348, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Six unclued lights (four of two words) can be resolved into three pairs. In these are seen the other unclued lights, whose source is given by two lights clued by definition only.

Name Address ACROSS

1 Put on bit of entertainment fronted by dog (5)

4 Pure knockabout whose wit enthrals indefinite number (9, hyphened) 9 Salesman, bearer of bundle including a copier (10) 11 Wood base, thin (5) 12 Muscles and guile stirred ringing cheers (7) 14 Rustic pair by lake (5) 15 Streams following troughs? (5) 21 Steaming cocoa's in time (8) 22 Bands after rough-housing round Colorado vamoose (7) 24 Greek god, reverse of tender (4) 25 Register under some other name (4) 27 Excess of past era (7) 34 Crew, load without women (5) 35 Balance of support behind light infantry (5) 37 South American spies, expelled,

fl (7) 38 Cyolumns covered by vibrant Aesop (5)

39 Just stopped outside rocky haven (10, hyphened) 40 United with endless derring-do whipped up support (9) 41 Explorer cut cheese — tons! (5) DOWN 1 Loyalty of place with castle (13) 2 Note bent bones (6) 3 Chap loves penguin? (6) 4 Ship netting haul in South African channels (6) 5 Precise point aimed at (4) 7 Perfect, absorbing time with animation (5) 10 Director: 'It involves wrong garment, chaps.' End of speculation? (13) 13 Lamps on shoot showing plant's disease (7, hyphened) 15 Goes on about ultimate in wonderful 28 (6) 17 New style service (6) 19 Battle-axe is weapon found in earth (7) 20 Up among satellites rocket stays (6) 23 Cabin huddled under secure watchtower (8) 26 Ship in good Scottish cod (7) 30 One arc, up in the air? Iris is behind it (6) 31 Amazon, very ancient winding river (6) 36 Sound of empty stomach (4)