THE "SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 740 A Book Token for one

guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct. solution opened after noon on 'Tuesday week, August 4th, addressed Crossword, and bearing NUMBER of the puzzle to 99 Gower Street, London, W

5 4 Across 1. That retiring tress. (7.) 5. The monster that concealed Itself in bent cane. (7.) 9. Does the sailor get the answers then ? (7.) 10. " The lunatic, the lover and the poet arc of imagination all -" (Shake- speare). (7.) 11. Such were Chesterton's trifles. (10.) 12. Beauty draws us with a single one, said Pope. (4.) 13. Young growth, name it backwards, (3.) 14. I lost Hughes in them. (11.) 17. He has no need to burn the mid- night oil. (3, 8.) 19. No pleasant Sunday afternoon with Psalms, just a line. (3.) 20. One might say something stronger than " Blow " when it does. (4.)

22. This month I get punished at college. (10.)

26. The glib man doesn't hurry. (7.) 27. Puss aspirates the poem electrically. (7.) 28. A sign of being talked about within range of it. (7.) 29. Most turned back and ran in. (7.)

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1. Campaign in a short street. (5.)

2. " Call back - •', bid time return I (Shakespeare). (9.) 3. Ilow to avoid friction is the source of the means. (7.)

4. Baking requirement ? (5.)

5. Meet-a shop-hand 7 (9.)

6. ' - is the sailor, - from sea " (Stevenson). (4.)

7. You'll see a change in Ada. (5.)

8. The stars, so to speak, arc much of a type. (9.)

13. Considerable sleeping accommodation to which Sir Toby Belch referred. (3, 2, 4.)

15. Farewell to Sir Galahad ? (4, 5.) 16. They change into souls. (9.)

18. Reginald's mixed farewell at the water- frolic. (7.) 21. But was I when I swore ? asked the poet. (5.)

23. Implied. (5.) 24. Many might In 13 dn. (5.)

25. " Never conceals R hook. - say in the Eternal Brook " (Brooke). (4.)