SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,022

ACROSS

1 Secretly there arrived an artist (6) 4 And this little one went to Parson! (5-3)

8 Sleeping bag perhaps? It's a case of necessity (8) 10 One can get so chilly in this material (6)

12 `I have flung off the —', said Louis Moore to Shirley Keeldar (5)

13 Such a pencil is ineffective (9) 14 The hymn-writer given to genu- flection, we hear (5) 16 Examples within the modes of address? (9) 17 Used by the exponent of the Sitz principle? (4-5) 19 Sailor turns back in like manner (5)

21 All marble (anag.) (5-4)

22 It doesn't ring quite so loudly as 21 perhaps (5) 24 25 26 27 Wastes the lighters (6) The dog's tail is the object of admiration (8) 'To the last — of recorded time' (Shakespeare) (8)

They should be spoken sotto voce (6)

DOWN 1 Bun money? (4-3) 2 What's intended can be seen in some antecedents (5)

3 The substitute has artistic re- straint (7) 5 The girl must be a Wren, surely ! (7)

6 Screen pet with make-believe (9) 7 Serge as it might appear (7)

9 Pat's active (anag.) (10)

11 'Come hither, lady fair, and joined be to our wild —' (Keats) (10)

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 Dec. 23. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1,022, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords. Solution on December 26 15 Calculating fellow should be good at such a task (9)

17 Aye, there's the rub, as the enthusiast said! (7)

18 Light-foot queen of the Volsci (7) 19 What's William's indebtedness? (7) 20 Mermaids should be found in these breakers, naturally (7) 23 Slice of beef for a mere song (5)