SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1067
ACROSS 1 Novel headgear (6) 4 Inspiration the composer is always in search of? (5, 3) 10 Trouble among the combined labourers (7) 11 They show skill in handicraft! (7) 12 Mix setters when they go to such lengths (10) 13 Where a dog might get a drink? (4) 15 Ice acts that arc rigorous (7) 17 One battalion in short is on the rampart (7) 19 Deer, about to repose, discovers a falcon (7) 21 Flourished to the utmost, though speculative (7) 23 Mother's at home on the high seas (4) 24 Mr. Crane the excursionist? (10) 27 Please omit the repeat (7) 28 Third-class roads? (7) 29 As a supporter, woman gets a decoration before a man (8) 30 Please do disturb! (6) DOWN 1 Discussion about a dreary white fish (5-4) 2 I would myself get nothing on tick, it's so silly (7) 3 But they're not all recruited from Yorkshire, surely? (10) 5 Should be given up by the foot- baller travelling by rail (5-4) 6 Any time now and plenty more of the same (4) 7 The price of beer? (7) 8 'Up the airy mountain, Down the - glen' (Allingham) (5) 9 Found among the last imbibers (4) 14 Usual, Boris? It's very health- giving! (10) 16 She told her husband that she never stood on ceremonies (9)
A first prize of a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of a book taken for one guinea will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on Dec. 22. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1067, 99 Gower St„ London, WC1.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords. Solution on December 25 18 Back to work? Let the band begin! (7, 2) 20 the sinews, summon up the blood' (Shakespeare) (7) 22 There's art in thee (7) 23 The charm of a walk in spring (5) 25 Is 5 returned? (4) 26 The dish seems to be spoiled (4)
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