22 JULY 1966, Page 11

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 123o

ACROSS.—x Peradventure. 9 Nightgown. to Flora. it Orders. 12 Claribel. 13 Number. z5 Stag-head. t8 Pointers. 19 Troops. 21 Arbalest. 23 Pincer. 26 Elope. 27 Earthwork. 28 Chronographs.

DOWN.—x Pontoon. 2 Rigid. 3 Detergent. 4 Ebon. 5 Tinplate. 6 Refer. 7 Shawled. 8 Sombrero. nt Main-boom. i6 Garnather. 17 Prospero. IS Placebo. 20 Strikes. 22 Leech. 24 Croup. 23 Brio.