SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,048

ACROSS Treat Oriental as very dis- tinguished (10) 6 A br'anch of knowledge? (41

10 t...vidcritly landlord and tenant have conic to terms on the little place (5)

11 Displaying a certain sameness (9) 12 Cash for those in the stalls (8) 13 No time to turn at Beauty's -- (Davies) (6) IS ilair-cut for wear with a sailor- hat? (4)

16 Does it border on a doubt ? (4) 17 Morning's at I, by the look of it, for the violin-maker (5)

20 Horse with an ante-climax! (5) 21 'What! — you your petitions in the street?' (Shakespeare) (4)

22 A river-bird (4)

24 Muse in the observatory (6) 26 Crazy in the drink, so lead astray (8) 29 A most angelic composer (91 30 The beast carries very little weight 5) 31 Dear goddess! (4) 32 Islanders in English sea (10)

DOWN

I Winter sport with a Parliamen- tarian. 1 mean (5)

2 Knoll seen among the sculptors (9) 3 'Have — manifold' (Words- worth) (6)

4 One fight leads to another at the fair (10) 3 The hungry prima donna (4)

7 All — born are so perverse' (Bridges) (5)

8 Eel crying for alcohol! (9) 9' Cast ones vote? What a burden! (4-3) 14 Crumpled tags on spilt ginger. shocking (10)

15 Spot the jewel here? (9)

18 Shunning a naive coda Oh A fleet prize of a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and ■ second prize 01 99u token for one guinea will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions *Pe aed pa June 23. Address solutions! Crossword No. 1,048. 99 Gower St.. London. SCI.

Chionbers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.

Solution on June 26

(9 'This pleasing — being e'cr resigned' (Gray) (7) 23 Ma I'm so sensitive a plant (6) 25 Put right at noon? (5) 27 Fier mate's a bit of a ruffian (5) 28 The time and the place (but not loved one!) all together in France (4)