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ACROSS: 1 Ornamented thus, you should rej‘ct it (8). 5 How to treat a reptile north of the Border ? (6). 9 Spoil and say nothing in the tower (8). 10 With foal at foot in the orchard ? (6). 12 Change in a trice The - and languors of virtue' (Swinburne) (6). 13 Untidy piles conceal the can (8). 15 Not quite the place for sitting pretty (8, 4). 18 Parliamentary committee with universal domestic counter- part (4, 3, 5). 23 The concern of the train-wreckers, or of the haute couture? (4, 41. 24 Swap a' mushroom for a cigar (6). 26 It's runs found in a commonplace hook (6). 27 Canvas campanile? (4, 4). 28 Ah, one of the Ichthyopsida, stupid ! (6). 29 Pa and mother figuratively mixed (8).

DOWN: 1 Self-evident in Beljum ? (6). 2 Chelonian who takes a turn for the worse (6). 3 Is it a Northerner's counterpart of a cummerbund ? (3, 4). 4 ' A hooded eagle among blinking (Shelley) (4). 6 Longing for French wine in the rock (7). 7 He's willing to examine a rocky height (8). 8 Give us a bit 1(8). 11 Inhabi- tant not necessarily of a lair (7). 14 Yon Dane provides a painkiller (7). 16 Formation of a celebrated boarding-party (3, 2, 3). 17 It looks as if it stains the rock (8). 19 Resting-places of skulls (7). 20 Milovest, asks the girl (7). 21 Get back there ! (6). 22 Highlander hesitates to make a duck (6). 25 Lady Clara's only half-there (4).

Solution will be published on September 24.

The winners of Spectator Crossword No. 797 are as follows: First priic to Ma, IA'. T. A. Cox. 28 Lawrence Gardens, Mill Hill. London. N.W.7. and seeond prize to Miss A. I. CRAIG, 241 West Malvern Road. West Mal% ern, Worcs.