SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,031

ACROSS

1 Hard to summon us about noth- ing (7)

5 ' He is a —; let us leave him; pass ' (Shakespeare) (7) 9 Put her on the river (5) 10 Cowboy film addict? (9) 11 Ruins the prizes (6)

12 The viva voce is over and done with; it's crooked (8) 14 Edward the artist is esteemed (5)

15 A broad stripe (but no start) for a Senator (9) 18 A pew taken by a Yorkshireman? (9) 20 Robert the no-man is reduced to penury (5) 22 Writing about a capsized boatman is exalted (8)

24 The compiler hopes all solvers will! That takes a bit of sifting (6) 26 Must excise take a jump ? (4, 5)

27 Propaganda unit achieves nothing musically (5)

28 ' Why, as a woodcock to mine own —' (Shakespeare) (7)

29 Rattled on the Nile (7)

DOWN

1 It facilitates the freeing of many a bottle-neck (9)

2 Warning .to the television fan not to be an introvert? (4-3)

3 The Plimsoll line has been vio- lated (9) 4 And what will the harvest be in the piggery? (4) 5 Pluto is obviously not in the nude! (10) 6 Approval for a night out (5) 7 She was no fool 1 (7) 8 Meanwhile the — ditties were not mute ' (Milton) (5) 13 Novel reaction of the Commons to a boring speaker ? (5, 5)

A first prizo 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 Feb. 24. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1,031, 99 Gower St., London, WCI.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.

Solution on February 27

16 Wine goes down well in a broken two-handled mug (9) 17 Freedom achieved by shoving? (5-4)

19 Rent's up for the compiler (7)

21 He seems to make a hash of using 1 down (7) 22 Fashions in music (5) 23 He wears a fashionable waistcoat

25 (5) Does make a change (4)