23 DECEMBER 1966, Page 26

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 1252

ACROSS.--x Scribes. 5 Moonlit. 9 Authors. so Shingle. ri Pocahontas. 12 Star. 53 Pen. 14 Redgauntlet. x7 Freebooters. 19 Vic. 20 Puck. 22 Disc-jockey. 26 Floruit. 27 Arizona 28 Springe. 29 Pegasus. DOWN.---s Stamp. 2 Reticence. 3 Brother. 4 Susan. 5 Moss-agate. 6 Ovid. 7 Light. 8 Theoretic. 13 Puff-puffs. 55 Doolittle. 16 Love-knots, r8 Stowing. 21 Choir. 23 Clamp. 24 Years. 25 Burn.