" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 405

[A Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, December 24th. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 21d. stamp. Solutions must be on the form below, and none can be accepted from the U.S.A. The solution and the name of the winner will be published in the fallowing issue.] ACROSS I. A fluent and risible redskin. (8, 5- so. Royal biscuit. (7-) 1. Simnel. (7.) 12. What we see when we see saw. (5.) 13. The Great Anna had a tendency to become one. (5.)

t6. Part of the line missing from a poem by Longfellow. (7.)

17. He made a great deal of war and peace. (7.) 18. I've root in this place. (7.) at. The silent radio records a determined attack. (4, 3.) 23. This man was preceded by another in play. (5.)

24. It used to be given, now it is thrown. (5-)

26. Throbbing food. (5.) 27. The voice of puss, it's coming back. (7-) 28. Built by pa and us. (7.) 29. He should feel at home in the village smithy. (8, 5.)

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2. Won by Beresford in 181 (7.) 3. It occurs in sugar that needs sifting. (5.)

4. Hot and cold material. (7.)

5. " Man is nature's sole mistake," he wrote. (7.)

6. " Let me not to the marriage of true minds - impediments " (Shake- speare). (5.)

7. Component. (7.)

8. One needs to know the points to do this. ,13, 3, 7.)

9. Apt description of a cricket stump

during the last hours of the Brisbane test-match. (5, 2, 3, 3-)

[4. They may determine the nature of a policeman's lot. (5.)

t5. Where to get a penny too much. (5.) /9. The tailor won't supply a coat of it. (7.)

zo. Puts on a set of harness ? No, take it off. (7.)

as. Is up in headquarters. (7.)

22. In the matter of coin the United States seems unanimous. (7.) 25. Perhaps the most mispronounced name on the Continent. (5.) 26. Trouble after proportional representa- tion. (5.)