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A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Malvedos 1979 Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 3 October, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the new edi- tion of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word Dictionary9). Entries to: Crossword 1177, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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Each unclued across light (one of two words), in assoc'ation with an otherwise unclued word referred to by the t' tle, describes one of the unclued down lights (one of two words), all verifiable in Brewer. Name Address Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service. ACROSS

11 Faded toile renewed with date changed (9)

12 Deborah's got wind! (4)

16 Cross sea-rover is beheaded (5)

20 Girl with a very small amount on? He has nothing on! (7)

21 Female having to call back poet (7)

24 Series of sandstones and treacle, endlessly (7) 25 See 5 (5) 26 Jugs were broken on square (5) 28 Strange dialect at fortress (7) 31 Near cathedral precinct on outskirts of Burnley (7, two words) 34 Tackle jarring sounds by removing quiet! (7) 37 Provide some muscat, erroneously (5) 38 Bonebird, in French (5) 39 Scoundrel runs off to a dance (6) 40 Southern pensioner's cleaner (4) 41 Skilled interpreter evoking real pride (9, hyphened) 42 Girl out of gaol (4)

43 Personal details not applicable to design father has to finish DOW(14N, three words)

1 Composer at cooked-meat shop before you and me (6) 2 Stop and get on board, almost

(5)

3 Counter's borderlines (6)

4 Numbers of women in Estonia (5)

5 German note among 25 yellow flowers (7) 6 River engulfing poor Asian friend (7) 7 King (German one) in check (6, two words) 8 American writers in Kent caus- ing tension (8) 10 Traitor said to praise prostitute, twice (10, two words)

13 Revive forgotten ideas about bear performance (7) 15 Miss Bell attacked without arms (8 22 Tra)

desmen at the card-table?

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27 Ranges of colour of new carpets

(7)

29 Badly stained as a substitute (7) 30 Middle-distance runner upset after piano exam (6) 33 Brawl over Roman coin at Scottish peat-bogs (6) 35 Holy book including dead aboriginal from Sri Lanka (5) 36 Liberal politician in the drink (5)