" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No; 422 [A 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 May 5th. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word " Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 23d. stamp. Solutions must be on the form below, and none can be accepted from the USA. The solution and the name of the winner will be published in the following issue.]
ACROSS •
I. Mrs. Dick Swiveller. (11.)
9. Poor beast, he always gets a back seat. (4.)
10. Not quite in time I show signs of aging. (10.)
11. This law might so nearly be con- cerned with divorce. (7.) 12. Surface matter. (7.) 14. Is hair-spEtting such an art? (9.) 16. The pianist has it at his finger-tips. (5.) 19. Considers. (5.) 20. Parallel lines don't. (9.) 22. Marked ability and in French too. (7.) 24. Greyhounds do themselves, but not ra..e-horses. (7.)
27. Suggesting that those in the more ex- pensive seats are so exclusive. (5, 5.)
28. Fie out of order. (4.)
29. Rely on a spit (anag.). (11.)
DOWN
2. Ale to work out a balance. (5.) 3. " Let gentle blood show generous might, And - redeem the Fight " (Scott). (8.) 4. Not much in what an idiot admires. (4.) 5. Agile. (6.) 6. The last things to give to Joe, the Fat Boy. (9.) 7. The ship that went to the front. (8.) 8. As to the portico, it's changed. (4.) 13. It isn't a blemish, or is it? (5.) 15. Caleb's men (snag.). (9.)
17. The French tennis player has the wrong initials, hence the bounce. (8.)
18. " Then must the Jew be (Shakespeare). (8.) 21. Shown on the stage by an old lady. (6.) 23. Merry-go-round bird. (4.)
25. Cry of the Cockney chestnut man. (5.) 26. " She stood in tears amid the alien -" (Keats). (4.)
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