SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 875

ACROSS 1 Underground route to the Oval in August perhaps,(4, 4).

5 He was charged not to scorn the sonnet (6).

9 A clean sweep round a northern deity makes for culture (8).

10 Swift star of the literary firmament (6).

12 Alternatively trim on board (5).

13 Outstanding feature provided by 10 (9).

14 Vinegar, Simon? (snag.) (12) 18 Hardy man though he was, it's a bit much for Giles in Gloucester (12). 21 Make way' for the Principal, divers!

(4, 5) 23 Eve's about right, call up and see (5).

24 'Oh, see a little child and nod to him to-night (Stevenson) (6).

25 Useless to offer stonewall resistance to it (8).

26 'And in the dust be equal made With thepoor crooked --and spade' (Shirley) (6).

27 What little ducks the girls and (8) DOWN 1 The big noise is not • up about mixed company (6).

2 They're adepti on the organ (6).

3 Heel! Me, pet? (snag.) (9) 4 The mermaids at their toilet? (12) 6 Monsieur Le Rat among the gluttons (5).

7 Later, Meg, you'll get a message (8).

8 You'll have to make a correction here (8).

11 Such a worker gets landed with a job (12).

15 Daddy the redhead (6-3).

16 Zanzibaris, for example (8).

17 Naturally you might get this neatly in (8).

19 Address to a goose over the climber, how dull! (6) 20 If you takepanes with these, they won't rattle (6).

22 Painter of peace (5).

Two prizes will he awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition or Chanihers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the striders or the (brat two correct solutions opened after noon on February 28 and addressed: Crossword No. 875, 99 Gower St., London. WC1

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, Ne a' Version, is recommended Jro Crosswords.