1 MARCH 1946, Page 21

THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 364

IA Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, March nth. Envelopes must be received nat 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.]

ACROSS

I. Model chopped up in pie for fish. (8.)

5. Swiss Cottage. (6.) 9. Where the old soldier met his match, to to speak. (8.) ie. Not necessarily a book about explo- sives. (6.) 12. The manuscript I extend is legal. (6.) 13. Little weight attaches to Edward's return. (8.) 15. Through a thrilling experience per- haps. (12.) x8. He gets up without being called. (12.) 23. E.N.S.A. develops plenty. (8.) 24. Six go to an ancient city full of beans. (6.) 26. "And the sign of a true-hearted - Is to give and to take a good joke." (Dibdin.) (6.) 27. The R.A.F. is a little confused with a bonus. (8.) 28. A bad lot. (6.) 29. Something precious in not entirely clear honey. (8.)

DOWN

1. Much in a vegetable makes game. (6.) 2. The dance wouldn't take long. (6.) 3. Cattle I see in the window. (7.) S. Array part of the ship. (4.) 6. The cause of the blubbering? (7.) 7. Applicable if Shakespeare's school- boy's face had been a dial. (8.) B. Restrain before a rut going up. (8.) ti. Slavish. (7.)

14. It takes more than one jail to hold a medical man. (7.)

16. One can't say his work is of no value. (8.)

17. A religious composition in G. (8.) ig. Only a contortionist, perhaps, might put his foot in it. (7.)

20. The seaside cut. (7.) 21. With a little juggling one can get two atoms out of it. (6.) 22. "With everything that - bin, My lady sweet, arise! " (Shakespeare.) (6.)

25. A penny from Shakespeare. (4-)