THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 375 IA Book Token for

one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct sclution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, May 28th. 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 following issue.]

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ACROSS

1. No suitor for a blonde. (5. 5.)

7. " It matters not how strait the - " (Henley.) (4.)

9. Vessel in a wager for a plant. (6.) to. Coupled by Jaques with second

childishness merely. (9.) • t. No-man. (9.)

12. It sounds an exclusive club. (5.) 14. Map site, bqt not in one's working hours. (7.)

i6. Ancient of rhyme. (7.)

18. " Sorry I can't stop,"-surely he didn't say that! (7.)

19. Where the younger generation gets on- the rocks. (7.) 21. Offend again. (5.) 23. People throw it down, hoping others will pick it up. (9.) 26. Warmth in clothes omithologically. (9.) 27. Possibly to be assumed to be the Book of Numbers. (s, 4.) 28. " Eyes too expressive to be - Too lovely to be grey." (M. Arnold.) (4.) 29. No tins,-mice! (Anag.) (to.)

DOWN

2. 1 cut a name. (Anag.) (9.) 3. Upward limit in dress. (5.)

4. Shooting alternatives. (3, 3, 4.)

5. It is concealed in havoc eternally. (6.) 6. Call like an old 7 across. (4.) 7. The hammer "s benevolent when it's a matter of tenure. (9.) 8. Undergo a pin. (5.)

13. " Magic casements opening on the foam Of perilous seas in - for- lorn." (Keats.) (5, 5.)

15. To gild the lily perhaps. (9.) 17. Green menu for a fanatic. (9.) 20. Go on scrubbing,-the sticks? (6.) 22. A familiar spirit unwed. (5.) 24. Boredom. (5.) 25. One may express it by revising the franchise. (4.)