SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,039
1 Cunctators? (7) 5 'Ships, towers, domes, theatres and — lie' (Wordsworth) (7) 9 To cheer might be to put one's foot in it poetically (7) 10 It's useful in the raising of plants (7) 11 I mind out in degradation (10) 12 Stylish contribution to a city (4) 13 A United Kingdom exhibit that's extinct (3)
14 Such a combustion needs no help from 17(11)
17 Arsonist, maybe (11) 19 Step-fathers? (3) 20 Cunning at the entrance (4) 22 Printer set badly but explains (10) 26 Where to get wine on Vesuvius or Etna (7) 27 Such buns are very artistic (7) 29 `Here's to the charmer whose —we prize' (Sheridan) (7) 29 One thing leads to another in cricket (7) DOWN 1 Edward's putting on weight, it's inevitable (5) 2 His occupation isn't necessarily binding (9) 3 Pain on getting the rising sen is fruitful (7)
4 Waste, waste! (5)
5 Palindromic retaliation (3, 3, 3) 6 Masculine kiss for Kitty (4) 7 Fifty precede 20 in the forest (5) 8 Miss Cole's way of dropping' bricks (9) 13 Engaged? But surely this suggests the ringing tone? (9) 15 Miss Adelaide Ann Procter was of their company (9)
A first prize of a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of a book token for one guinea will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on April 21. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1,039, 99 Gower St., London, WCI.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.
Solution on April 24
16 'The ----'s wrong, the proud man's contumely' (Shakespeare) (9) 18 Not even room on top! (7) 21 'A '— from the sky seems to hallow us there' (J. H. Payne) (5) 23 The shield of Chloe (5) 24 I'm in the 'Swan' lad! (5) 25 Fit and wet (4)
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