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A first prize of £30 and a bottle of Graham's Six Grapes Port for the first correct solution opened on 16 August, 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 1424, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued lights (one hyphened) are connected by a theme and Can be divided into two groups, each of four words. Chambers (1998 edition) confirms the required solution at 36 at 4.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Pattern of symptoms discovered by doctor probing my nose (broken) (8) 14 Large tree — it's by lake (3) 17 Old coins — shilling and two coppers one's after (5) 18 Crack in fashion? (5) 20 The old look to church to pray

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sh oarswoman at Girton? (7)

24 Chap in new silo is a Turk (7)

25 Bother with sailors on deck (5) 26 Apprentice, colt — tense (5) 28 Uproar once caused by famous actress, the Italian (7) 31 Associates with louts surrounding fat cat (7) 33 Lion with partner, large cat (7) 37 Some visit holiest tombs (5) 38 Stinging upper-class rip (5) 39 Adolescent has crooked canine (6) 40 Steal game (3) 42 One who takes notice of OT character, we hear (6) 43 Intimidate, then tear off (8) DOWN 1 Adventurous, preparing for action after heavy blow (13) 2 Effort made by brownie, American (5) 3 Old widow is surviving (6) 6 Closure of passage from East, IRA arranged (7) 7 Apple turning orange-brown after end of summer (6) 8 Peculiar eastern climbing tuber (4) 10 A bill — one pound for kettle- drum (6) 11 Dried cod and dab herein, chopped up (9) 12 It's very evident in Jack-go-to- bed-at-noon (13) 13 Ring subversive group over a note marked with spots (8) 15 Tax — excise accepted by wise man (7) 19 Half of stores want this drug (9) 21 Worry about seaman at home with rifle (8) 23 Spies seizing man on Rhode Island with chalice-like vessels

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27 Occasion during which to have food (7) 29 A king with determined spirit (6) 34 Girl's hot, a dancer (5) 35 Forward terms of reference (5)