SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 910

ACROSS

1 Niggard 1 tie up, what a pity! (10) 6 After morning I should be in the centre Ladies Ladies not admitted under this law (5). 11 What's left after the clues have been censored? (9)

12 Second place for the sempstress (6-2).

13 Room abroad for a bit of poetry (6). IS Said to have a jewelled head (4). 16 The porch of the oast-house (4).

17 It's a high low, in fact (5).

20 Fine feathers result from doing it, no doubt (5). 21 Feed upset in 16 (4). 22 'Whither is — the visionary gleam?' (Wordsworth) (4).

24 Singer turned painter (6). 26 Cook's white cap? How sweet! (8)

29 They are chosen by word of mouth (9). 30 'A man who knows the price of every- thing and the value of nothing,' said Wilde (5), 31 Thus, after writing, concessions are R01 (4).

32 Never a pin 45 inches too long (4-2-4). DOWN

1 What a bore the old skinflint is! (5)

2 As an angel builds an edible nest (9).

3 Sweet in the border, lethal on the range (6).

4 '— the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty' (Gibbon) (10).

S Regretted having displayed bad man- ners, one hears (4).

7 Male takes the stage with a literary partner (5).

8 Spied a Red so lost hope (9). 9 Beast that was muzzled by Sir Calidore (7).

14 Desirable on the dinner-table, but not with decolletage (4-6).

15 Stars seen on the ocean crossing? (9) 18 With steady application you may catch the bus (9).

19 How the denizens of Throgmorton Street might appear? (7) 23 A hill 1 cop in Rome (6).

25 Rejoicing quietly over the first atomic pile (5).

27 He's a superior person who does (5).

28 'What! Can the devil speak — ?' (Shakespeare) (4).

Twp Prizes will be awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened after noon on October 30 and addressed: Crossword No. 910, 99 Gower St., London. WC1 Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary New Version, is recommended for Crosswords. Solution on November 2. Solution to 908 on page 551 The winners of Crossword No. 908 are : Ma. P. NICHOLS, 48 Church Way. Whetstone, N.20, and Miss. H. W. SYMONS, 32 Park Square. Leeds 1.