14 FEBRUARY 1947, Page 27

CROSSWORD No. 414 "THE SPECTATOR"

ACROSS

1. Surely this bird is not this price! (10.) 6. Wordsworth said that England was one of these. (4.)

9. The little space between. (10.)

10. It is easy to see what worshippers of bathing would make of it. (4.) 12. Medicament for men though poetically a learner. (7.)

13. A murder within hearing. (7.) 15. This ve:.y in. (5.)

17. Nearly as useful in the dough as

yeast. (6.) 20. Money for birds 22. Odd dean contused in a forfeit. (7'.) 23. Material, on a horse? (6.) 24. How the Turk's head may be used.

(6.) 26. Trouble with the Sappers. (5.) 29. A bay to keep at bay. (7.) 31. Birds to bale out. (7.) 33. White standard. (4.) 34. It seems a highly original object. (5, 5.) 35. Its destruction is a fell matter. (4.) 36. The bystander is doubtless doing it. (8, 2.)

DOWN

1. One can just make light of it. (7.) 2. One of the things Wilde wrote. (9.) 3. There's no getting away from it, ex- cept on wings. (5.)

4. Lute, if broken and then useless. (6.)

5. There are many ways of taking this gate. (6.) 7. A superior berry. (5.) I. Tappertit, alas, turns up in battle.

(7.) 11. Charming girls, but dismal publicity. (6.) 14. It swam about Byron's gladiator. (5.) 16. This is certainly the low-down. (5.) 18. Delia's full of them. (6.) 19. Many nouns, to become plural, do at the end. (5.)

21. One should not be found doing this intentionally. (9.) 23. Like a half-occupied maisonette for a hen. (7.)

25. Bright aspect of Cyrano's outstanding feature. (7.) 27. Old empire builder might be reduced to ices. (6.)

28. He led the way in conversing with the unseen. (6.) 30. Throbbing food (5.) 32. Singer to eat. (5.)