23 FEBRUARY 1951, Page 34

THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 615

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 6th. Envelopes muss be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 2!d. stamp. Solutions must be on the form below, and none can be accepted from the U.SA. The solutbn and the name of the winner will be published in the following issue.)

ACROSS

1. Drama written in metaphors. (11.)

9. Fish of war. (5.) 10. The hymn suggests that blessings remain so. (9.) 11. Peers hidden in the dado. (9.) 12. A little advertisement in the twilight. (5.) 13. The French make nothing of it. (4.) 14. The horse doesn't get on and takes it sitting down. (7.) 19. Scene of a Federal victory. (7.) 20. Betsey out of the wood. (4.) 24. To be found in the make-up of those who climb ambitiously. (5.) 26. It changes into Chile. (9.) 27. Subjects for the attention of Auto- lycus. (9.) 28. She said she didn't know what was meant by " glory." (5.) 29. Not a difficult standing order. (5, 2, 4.)

DO

1. Hood's character did under another name, but it'll serve. (9.) 2. Rossetti's Helen. (6.) 3. Una got into the confectionery. (6.) 4. How Andromache felt during matri- monial squabbles? (8.) 5. Plenty of it, so to speak. (8.) 6. Coffee after dinner usually is. (5.) 7. Shakespearean long-legged spinners. (7.) 8. Less employed. (5.) 15. Might one expect to use ground-bait with this? (5, 4.) 16. The Wallace girl. (S.) 17. " Your glorious - launch again to match another foe " (Campbell). (8.) 1$. An adhesive type. (7.) 21. He shouldn't be so taken at Rugger. (5.) 22. Poet going round a ship. (6.) 23. Anag. it, failing any other clue. (6.) 25. " It might be - (a man I hatc)" (Kipling). (5.)