CROSSWORD

A first prize of £20 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 1 June, 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 1109, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LL.

The unc ued lights (one of two words), individually or when correctly paired, are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe. Chambers does not give 24 Across.

Name Address .................... ........

Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS 4 Lunar phase affecting mother and nun so (11, two words) 11 Method of investigation into endless drunken party, soon (7) 12 Branch in the river, alas (6, two words) 14 Swift attack round Portugal (5) 16 Phenol mixed in central 19 (5) 21 Square pilaster in metropolitan tabernacle (4) 24 Melon was not a bargain, on reflection (4) 25 Distributing sea-fuel is relaxing

31 Ch) ange of air before the north country (4)

32 Illegally transfer money from Arundel (7) 34 Bread ahead! (4) 35 Candelabrum with one arm broken by Henry (7)

40 Number out there (see 18!) (5)

42 Now and then look at the play- ground feature (6)

43 Supporting one foot in heather (7)

44 Table-tennis bat handle or axle (11, hyphened) DOWN 1 Voters' assembly organising witenagemot (noon instead of one) (11, hyphened) 2 How is grey ghastly according to Spenser? (6) 3 Turkish chief fashionable once more (5) 5 Cancel a French party (4) 6 Time for nomination outside (4) 7 Climb aboard with spirit in France (7) 8 Tree making circular ripple in water (7) 10 Did not include 'glove' in dic- tionary (7) 15 I came up without manuscript volume (5) 17 Allow former duke into church

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18 New meaning about daily boss (11, 40 words) 20 Coin Doc exchanged, accepting Indian grass (7) 26 The cast perform (5) 27 Contrivance upset each new air- tube (7) 28 Plant on each side was cover (7) 29 Staff's leading ideas (7) 33 Relative cause (6) 36 Take French mistress a garment

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38 Land up in Snowdonia is arable (4)

Solution to 1106. CC The unclued 1-ghts are names of eight famous people with the initials CC (=200). lA and 9D, given in full, clearly confirm the theme. For the other six 'guests' (21, 23, 30, 39A and 16, 21D) surnames only appear in the grid.

First prize: Keith L. Harrison, Sheffield; Runners-up: E. C. Hunt, Norwich; Mr M, J. Grocott, Loughborough.