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ACROSS: 1 Drot pin' a catch. butte •lin&ers inevitably (6). 4 Poetically, I open after visitors con c (8). 10 is prison..sa d Byron, was a holy place (7). 11 Now arrived the. son of Haran, albeit in Cornwall (7). 12 • When --- by turns was guide to -- • (Tennyson) (4). 13 Loiter in hope of a flower (10). 16 The wh!te fur of a blame- less lift ? (6). 17 Compilers? The dogs ! (7). 20 Gleaner in the field ? (7). 21 To the north you get had French (6). 24 Did you meet a sailor, Sally ? (kW 25 These animals arc snug. cur:ed up thus (4). 27 Explored by Livingstone (7). 29 Has the baseball player gone to jug ? (7). 30 Hot and naughty (8). 31 Comp,)ser to boot (6).

DOWN: 1 The Zodiacal sign of Pisces ? (8). 2 Is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' ? (4, 7). 3 Byron seems to have been for some hours (4). 5 'Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old ---- bear' (Shakespeare) (8). 6 Militant lo in a division (10). 7 Pussy's boating partner (3). 8 Here's an oNning for a cook (6). 9 And to the south-east, coming tip. you will see the mountains (5). 14 The rower and his craft in his craft (11). 15 Clothes, though surely more than underwear (10). 18 Fine work in coiffure (8). 19 This puts on a good front (8). 22 River girl whom you might meet on 9 (6). 23 The river with an addition (5). 26 It gets a decoration in a note (4). 28 ' Making a poet out of a (E. B. Browning) (3).

Solution will be published on September 3.

The winners of Spectator Crossword No. 794 arc ns follows: First prize to MR. S. F.1401.AND. Latymer's School, N.9, and second prize to MRS. WM. GREOSON, Smithy

Vottage, North Lancing, Sussex.

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 794. .

Anions: 1 Cup-tic. 4 Peacocks. 9 utopia. 10 Ensphcre. 12 Lorimers. 11 licaker. 15 Tonle. 16 Antiquated. 19 Free for all. 20. 26 Nola hens. 23 Reaper. 25 Anabasis. 27 Gunwales. 28 Banned. 29 Shriller. 30 Weasel.

nowN: 1 Couplet. 2 Programme. 3 Idioms. 5 Erne. 6 Cophetua. 7 Check. 8 Sheared. 11 Granary. 14 Milling. 17 Thousands. 18 After all. 19 Forages.

21 Apsidal. 22 Oblate. 24 Abner. 26 Sec 20.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary New Version, is recommended for Crosswords