23 OCTOBER 1942, Page 21

" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 189

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 meek. Envelopes should be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 21d. 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 be published in the following issue.]

ACROSS

t. Steal the stream.

5. Father's gratitude for the macaroni.

8. Or back to the entrance.

9. " Thy -- hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home." (Poe.)

it. Such a horse should have a kick in it.

12. But it isn't the land of these people. 14. Very difficult to share this experience. 16. Carriage with no hood, perhaps.

t8. A " tapering " sort of clue would here be apt.

19. " Hark, 'tis the sparrows' good-night twitter About your cottage -! (Browning.) 20. Keywoman.

22. This should get the hero taped in New York.

26. But it might be appropriate as the hour of the doctor's visit.

27. Is the wasp mean?

28. Austen horse quality. 29. Even so, it may yet set in the East. (6, 3.)

DOWN

I. Strop up. 2. Linnet egg,-addled, perhaps the hen was.

3. Jumbo, but not in Kipling.

4. Objects of 20's attention.

5. Instructions to the cavalry officer's batman. 11 6. "He takes this window for the East, And to implore your light he -." (Davenant.) 7. Puck didn't find any of them. to. No pens I get in this abode.

13. And pants, too, probably.

14. Obviously not to be found in Wren buildings. •

is. Stevenson's travelling companion. 17. Stamp even in these and on them. 21. One of the foundations of bridge.

23. Not a peer in Jane Austen.

24. What the beam is directed at is not stated.

25. The cause of a vertical air current.