11 OCTOBER 1957, Page 29

961 SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No.

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1 HOw does a simply wizard motor run, he asks? (10)

6 Father gets nothing but love (4).

10 Flyers' frolics? (5) 11 Might be applied in the education of ieunesse dorefe, perhaps (9). 12 A crooked smile, but holding its sides! (9) 13 One of Violet's companions at the bank (5).

14 Phone tells of the scene of an heroic crossing (10). 16 Fierce and unpopular doctor (4).

18 . . in a -- of clouds, With a diadem of snow' (Byron) (4).

20 Exhortation to rely on actions rather than words? (5, 5) • 23 Rage about a French nudist; one must harden oneself to it! (5)

24 Celia's lot is to vary greatly (9).

27 One big tie in the old family (9).

28 Folded opera cloaks? (5)

29 Equip a port (4),

30 Town that supports the strings (10). DOWN

1 Thlawer(e5;s. a good deal of preservative in such a 2 I rob pal (anag.) (7).

3 'What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's —' (Burns) (8).

4 To get nationality by an artifice? (5)

5 Where Midas might have saved a lot of digging (4, 5). 7 All come down about eleven and one in Scot- land (7). 8 Put the fruit in soak for the 29th of May (9).

9 Not as not as it should appear, this country place (5). 14 'An amber scent of odorous perfume Her —, (Milton) (9).

15 No proof it is a mixed resort (9). 17 Mahana his motto? (8)

19 Paradoxically used for white-washing (1).

21 Pleased, having passed for a change (7).

22 Slave found in hotel ruins (5).

25 'Great God! I'd rather be a Pagan suckled in a outworn' (Wordsworth) (5).

26 Seek it in a chimera securely guarded (5).

Two prizes will be awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the first twomorrect solutions opened at noon on October 22 and addressed: Crossword No. 961, 99 Gower St., London, Well.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, is recommended for Crosswords

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Solution on October 25 Solution to No. 959 on page 49( The winners of Crossword No. 059 are: Ma. R. J. P. NEWISON, 38 Prince Road, Weybridge, Surrey, and MR. H. J. NORRIS, St. James's Club, 106 Piccadilly, London, WI.