CROSSWORD

W. & J.

GRAHAM'S

PORT

1259: Mixed doubles by Dumpynose

A first prize of £25 and a bottle of Graham's Late Bottled Vintage 1989 Port for the first correct solution opened on 20 May, with two runners-up prizes of £15 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary – ring the word `Dictionary'). Entries to: Crossword 1259, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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A pair of unclued lights were led by three other pairs (more or less aptly deployed in the grid) according to a light clued without defi- nition.

Name Address ACROSS 1 Special light food dished with pomp to hall (14, two words) 9 Heart of holy city (4) 11 Blade carrier slashed round old

wounds (9, two words) 12 Draws bottle (4) 16 Prince dined on yak ... (5) 17 ... taking out Liberal Minister of

Metal (5) 20 Getting buzz from early unopened flower (7) 24 Bishop espies pens and penmen

(7)

25 Lush film hasn't got it (5) 26 Fish breaks record for time in dock (5, hyphened) 31 Punch extolled perverse attitude

34 Th) e less 'aughty acrobat (7)

37 Swipes head off? That's chilling

(5)

38 Lecture drops independent line

(5)

39 Ropes airlines into Royal Society (6) 40 Mum married in dress for fishing (4)

42 (4)Flight doesn't begin to take off

43 Effectively admits love on versed chit bearing classy rhyme (14) DOWN

1 Knave has a baby (6)

2 Regal spleen? (5) 3 Of bone? Of bone (6) 5 Render piercing harangue raising stink? (7) 6 Dead ruthless landlord cut bread (7) 7 Dirty old burro with Adelaide's intelligence (6) 13 Boats, namely Continental eights (7) 15 Marshal auricles ... for these?

(8)

19 Copper mongrel masticated marrow? (8) 22 Tried maybe drilling mixture of

seed (7) 23 Without oxygen planet's

finished (8) 27 Fell disease needs measure in

Spain (7, hyphened) 29 Butt almost cracked in rage (7) 30 Make up a little marmalade for English preserve (6) 32 Being kind (6) 33 Exercises mean jogging outside

for undeveloped types (6) 35 Shy door-keeper retains Dutch accent (5) 36 Hermaphrodite in, say, mushroom dress (5)