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C1GRAHAM'S PORT A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 31 October, 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 1181, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Clues each compnse a definition part and a hidden consecutive Jumble of the light incorporating one extra letter. These extras spell out two phrases and two hyphenations in common with the unclued lights (two words, one hyphenation and five phrases). Ignore four accents.

Name Address ACROSS 11 No lithe Canadian reptile (9) 12 Ghastly wild aurochs (5) 14 Autumnal westerly in old sallow (4) 15 Eggs on a victor (3) 18 Mouthlike openings in animals — stoat, say, mouse (7) 19 Irene's reunited with one who did the betrothing (7) 22 Tie made oddly out of fashion (6) 23 Dog tore about, poked about (6) 24 Deep lovely lyric poem (5) 27 Imitative, is he, parroting? (5) 29 For diners zabaione's saucy (6) 31 Agree? Heads agree (6) 34 Citizen of ME, Ali, I presume

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lumbine? Lotus (7) 38 Pays agent (3) 39 Trip English forward (4) 41 Farm-hand's new scythe handle

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42 The hop scene's rich — and all Kent (9, hyphened) DOWN 1 Lost Triassic flycatcher found in US (11) 2 Produce a hat trick (5) 5 A roundel's musical embellishment (7) 6 Starts, then stops (6) 7 Blue veins and old birthmarks (6) 8 At full speed car passed (7) 9 Cooks up, makes joint for Mac (4) 15 Fools, average dolts (5)

17 Fly in wheat, or beetle genus (11)

21 Greek's letter to aedile (3) 25 US fraud from NY or Philadelphia (5) 26 Upset with a pasta, a European?

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28 Introduce golden precept (7) 30 Old tale German told (7) 32 Ship, sea-wrecked cutter ' (6, hyphened) 33 Effective D-Day plan (6) 36 Gateau liberally coated with caramelised sugar (5) 37 Sap's pungent in Javanese tree (4)