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A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1988 Port for the first correct solution opened on 9 October, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the Chambers Dictionary – ring the word 'Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1228, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
IA (two words /18A, 7A/33D and the other unclued lights (one of three words, one of two) may each be termed a 17A 35D. Both 17A and 35D are cryptically suggested by the title. Ignore one apostro- phe.
Name Address ACROSS 11 Order cleaner Earth (6) 13 What's cut off sun, blocking edges for example? (7) 15 Musical or end of oratorio is as moving (5) 16 Do love new jacket (5) 20 Ghosts rue tangling with Mab (6) 21 Instrument makes small room ring (5) 22 Odd eel net's cylindrical? (7) 27 Shoot developed near herb (7) 29 Trouble in grass — so tee's needed? (5) 30 Speed occupies motor report (6) 32 Bewildered saint's introduced to a drink (5, two words) 34 Escorts, say, around island inlets (6) 36 Digger's angry we reversed into plant (5) 37 Draws members to hearing (5) 38 Old tramp in some gripping drama by master (7) 39 Fury, fury round city square (6) 40 OK, you start for Sidcup (3) 41 Approached to hug when brought together again (11) DOWN 1 Incomplete lock permits intrusions (10) 2 Connected kennel I'd ordered (8) 3 I'm pawn; let surrounding pieces perform! (9) 5 Doctor, with work filling dictionary, wilted (7) 6 Absolutely wooden last night (8) 7 Beginning new notes (5) 8 Softwood trade (4) 9 Text has constant rush between story's leading pair (6) 10 Objects of art turned up among bijou trivia (5) 12 Kinsman, secretive over oracles (6) 14 Harold's stagy wit (not ancient) works at once (12) 21 'Wedgy' and Castle alike retaining energy (9) 23 One's role in action is cathartic (8)
25 Troy, smoke rising — very sad (6).
26 Gas shortage excited panic among drivers (7) 28 Certain Diptera do merge, covering over antennae (6) 31 Honest Puritan loses head (5)
Solution to 1225: Case-bound
Eight unclued lights were LAWYERS, to be found (both professionally and as dictionary entries) in CHAMBERS (7D).
First prize: K. Rae, Glasgow, G3.
Runners-up: B. 0. B. Williams, London SW3; Mrs Macpherson, Stirling.
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