Crossword 1452
DAEDALUS
A prize of three guineas will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened on 2 November. (Last week's date should have read 26 October.) Address solutions: Crossword 1452 'The Spectator,' 99 Gower Street, London WCI Across 1 Home of electrifying football (6) 4 Back rest provides supports (8) 10 Briefly right clues come in a bunch (7) 11 Proustian character has curl that must be straightened out (7) 12 Asinine appendages of a king with the golden touch (4) 13 Theoretically it carries a square of double value (10) 16 Aristocratic little beast has a black mark (6) 17 Just sands! (7) 20 Troglodyte (7) 21 Where everything comes to nothing (2, 4) 24 Trail! viewed from above provides the grand scheme (6, 4) 25 Right on the level with the old boy (4) 27 Tea in the morning is arranged to liven things up (7) 29 Sound of the Forties (7) 30 Quick cuppa from foreign parts! (8) 31 Reeves can be harsh in themselves (6) Down 1 Fish sometimes seen in the skies (8) 2 Food for the old-fashioned? (6, 5) 3 The pipes of Scotland? (4)
5 It's ready to work things out for one (8)
6 Lacertian turncoats (10) 7 Arm's length (3) 8 One of seven among the stars (6)
9 'Mule-praises, —' (Dylan Thomas) (5)
14 The deep blue sea (11) 15 I never ate it because it's really deep-rooted (10) 18 They were too much for King John, it is said (8) 19 A puzzling affair (8)
22 You can stick at a little spirit and small. beer (61
23 'Esau my brother is a — man' (Bible) () 26 'Oh my ears and whiskers, how — its getting ! ' (Carroll) (4) Solution and winner on 7 November
Solution to Crossword 1450. Across: 1 Monarchy 5 Egress 9 Sinecure 10 Flugel 12 Cut rate 13 Examine 14 Blandishment 17 Fit as a fiddle 22 Leonato 23 Readers 24 Enigma 25 Head wind 26 Tigers 27 Starlets. Down: 1 Musick 2 Ninety 3 Rockall 4 Horse and foot 6 Goliath 7 Egg-timer 8 Salients 11 Bewilderment IS Affluent 16 Stooping 18 Shammer 19 Leander
20 Feline 21 Asides.
Winner: Mrs D. Purdie, Birchtree Cottage, Gladney, Ceres, Fife.
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