SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,035

ACROSS 1 'The wild ass stamps o'er his head' (6")

4 Rasputin in an astounding dis- guise (8) $ Nurses costume in the cupboard 1

(8) 10 Chastisement on the increase, jolly fine! (4-2) 2 12 Bury? About half-way there (4) 13 Me in a boat? I'm upset and 3 loathe it (9) 5 14 Call twice with a pound for the dramatist (5) 6 16 The cliffs of Dover maybe would make good ballast (10) 17 One might take off from 16 for it!

(9) 19 Walrus who observes the code (5) 9 21 Pain that leads to the beginnings of ill (9) 11 22 A short poetic lad (5) 24 He's a proper Afghan! (6) 15 DOWN Poor Tom who might have appeared in action on the cricket- field (7)

You'll find it in a Ben Hur stampede (5)

Rosy or Laura ("7) Spite that might eventually lead to a caveat? (3-4) Handyman, perhaps, who gets to work at the end of a performance

Have a late meal wit4 the Sappers? Excellent! (7) Dark scene of Wat Tyler's rising

Or Chats from the Chiropodist? (10) Rage, tenor! (anag.) (9) 7 25 Where a Frenchman gets a rise? (8) 26 Manners? 0, he maketh them (8) 27 No admission for Richard? (6)

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Solution on March 27

17 Puss gets a dish from the governor (7)

18 Just say that again (7) 19 It might enhance the flick of the lash (7)

20 Quack, but no duck (7)

23 'When the last — of Ravens- wood to Ravenswood shall ride' (Scott) (5)

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