SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 800
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token for one g U 111e a. These will be awarded to the .enders of the first two correct solutions opened drier noon on Tffestins. week,
8e ptember 28, and addressed:
Os wot d 800. o‘l Gower St.. London, W.C.1. Solution man be on the form here printed.The solution and the names of the winners Will be wilt!itherl In the IIIII011.11tR Issue.
ACROSS' 1 There's a 1,00c deal of wind in this tat ntli (6). 4 A trough might contlin this bit, drink (8). 9 ' Vain are the thousand creeds That move men's - ' (E. Brontë) (6). 10 Hoplites at sea ? (8). 12 Rope coiled in line (8). 13 But does he dawdle over his work ? (6). 15 You might find him in 8 (4). 16 Proverbially only one of these should be burned (6. 4). 19 Pluto presents himself, but does he ? (10). 20 The morn was this in russet mantle (4). 23 ' No time to turn at Beauty's ----- ' (W. H. Davies) (6). 25 Begs wine crustily in the cellar (8). 27 The venue of a naval review is rude (8). 28 Young secret agent gets nothing. Nay, a robe (6). 29 Compliant (8). 30 This vegetable should be a quick grower (6). • DOWN: 1 Herbert and Lamb in heavenly union (7). 2 The hills on which Norval's father fed his flocks (9). 3 Repressed wrath, it's ironical (6) 5 A downpour in the trees (4). 6 Have supper in an affected attitude (8). 7 ' And one far-off divine ----- To which the whole creation moves.' (Tennyson) (5). 8 Gritty rewards (7). 11 This kind of signal is often given in a ring (7). 14 Nod, dear, to get decorated (7). 17 Nought 1 ponder discovering seaweed (9). 18 ' Of eggs the birdie sings And nests among the trees.' (Stevenson) (8). 19 Pictorial accompaniment to impudence (7), 21 Thomasin Wildeve's second husband (7). 22 What the serviceman has to put on his buttons ? (6). 24 A long-drawn passage from Gray's Elegy (5). 26 Nameless in short (4).
Solution will be published on October 1.
The winners of Speer/I/or Crossword No. 798 are as follows: First prize to Mas. Nosswoarily, liastecunhe. Stroud, otnucevershire, and second prize to MR. K. M. HANBY, The Cottage, Bishop's Cannings, Devizes. Wiltshire.
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