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A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's award-winning, Late- Bottled Vintage Port for the first correct solution opened on 11 September, with two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1478, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.
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The unclued lights (all but two of two or more words), individually or as a pair, are of a kind, verifiable in Chambers.
Name Address ACROSS 4 Caintendgney, apparently quite so! (11) 14 Bird in winter nest (4) 15 Respectful title from the heart of 24 (3) 18 Lug bite which could remove wax (7) 19 Strangely, modern love is dying away (7) 22 Slow movements and fast rounds (6)
24 Whiskey from poet I moved to the top (5).
27 Sesame amphetamine tablet is suggested (5) 29 Grumbled about charge in bed
31 Short excursion to top-rate arena (6) 35 New shears designed as tackle
38&26 More willingly — I should say so (6) 39 Final directions to races (4) 41 Subject, say, in story (5) 42 Descends upon Doe's women in trouble (9, two words) 43 Bloody homes of a snake, top to tail (11) DOWN 1 Irresolute Susan and fat Ted are ruined (11) 2 Tea from Czech state with no note (5) 3 Departing drink giving support to an ideal, out East (11, two words) 5 Before the peer. That's right (7) 6 So cross, not parking immediately (6, two words) 7 Embraces woman after rain- storm (6) 8 Old skirts include it and they're swelling up (7) 9 Lutanist's outer desire (4) 10 Closely watched bird in turmoil (9, two words) 15 The web in flight? (5) 20 Have faith to contradict style (9, two words) 21 Arrest the head (3) 26 see 38 28 Never in trouble, Spenser's torn
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30 Drunk head of beer during soirée, dancing (7) 32 Amused — not half! — about bother with tinder (6)
33 Arrives during fresh upset at home (6)
36 Bath's brothel (5) 37 One got up to dress (4)
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