22 FEBRUARY 1946, Page 25

"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 363 IA Book Token for one

guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct ohirion of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, March 5th. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a rid. 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 he published in the following issue.]

ACROSS

1. Pinch an appellation. (8.)

5. You shall not go to port. (6.) 9. The force in the Forces? (8.) to. It makes me, and others, stern forbidding. (6.) 12. Oil and a place-name. (6.) 13. Swift traveller. (8.) 15. Clue any chops for an anagram. (tz.) 18. Don't they attend sufficiently to their correspondence? (tz.) 23. Not the hair-raisers one would choose. (8.) 14. Motto of many pronunciations in Kipling. (6.)

26. They forget, saia Henry V on a famous occasion. (3, 3.) 27. This affair should not lack go. (8.)

28. Idyllic wear. (6.) 29. Miss Turner. (8.)

DOWN

1. It sounds as if the corporal had gone fishing, not hunting. (6.) 2. What frankly provided the emergency meal? (6.) 3. Up and down time of day. (7.)

4. " A rosy garland was the victor's " (Spenser.) (4.)

6. Mix the salt. (7.)

7. They turn up. (8.) 8. Turn the mat over and take a chance. (8.) II. A lesser source of inspiration, haps, in the pipes. (7.) Per-

and 4. Othello gets the bird. (7.) ;6. They suggest that Phoebus is in need of a face-treatment. (7.) 27. The little more, so to speak. (8.)

29. The price of this abode should not be advanced. (7.)

20. River associated with sparkling eyes. (7.)

21. Not a good look. (6.) 22. His patients found he came up to scratch. (6.) 25. Blue eminence. (4.)