SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1077
ACROSS
1 Adjust completely if capriciously S Peppered? (6)
„ A band but, oddly enough, not of musicians (8)
.10 The fruits of diction (6) 12 Queue ready at the laundry'? (4, 2) 13 In a tram a musical girl can be found (8) IS Always taken on the hop! (8-4) 18 Alas, it's roped oil for apple- io‘ers (8, 4) 23 Mere lads can produce gems (8) 24 Buddy had a meal with relish (6) 26 Hugh is so operatic (6) 7 He struck the father when the son swore (8) 28 (6)Descriptive of the show business? 29 Ribbon for a gold-seeker (8)
DOWN
1 A brooch made of bone (6) 2 Gets ready on the track, of course (6)
3 One couldn't be so detached up a gum-tree! (7)
4 '- of himself, though not of lands (Wotton) (4) 6 Hair-splitting? (7) 7 Spicy association of Caesar's brother-in-law and a Scotsman (8) 8 'Was there a man --?' (Tenny- son) (8)
11 The fleet-footed queen (7)
14 Incidentally it's very interesting, 1 depose (7) 16 Such a tear fell from the passion- flower at the gate (8) 17 Admirer who gets himself tied in such a knot (4.4) 19 The cloth is their concern (7) 20 Broken leg under the arch (7) A first prize of a book token for one guinea and a ShillinRh still be awarded to the senders of the first Address solutions: Crossword No. 1077, 99 Gower second prize of a book token for fifteen two correct solutions opened on Mar. 1, St., London, %'CI. Solution on March 4
21 Did the old showman ban runs'? (6)
22 What a card this jester is! (6) 25 Hark! The roll-call (4)
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