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4 ' THE SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 198 [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. Envelopes should be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a zld. 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 wi/J be published in the following issue.]

zo. It's a shot on the table.

5. Not an accountant, though checks 9. Almost more bird-like. I. Alias February.

13. Where to hear a heterodyne. 27. Belonging to zero.

14. Rod of correction. 17. What not to do to the pitch. SOLUTION TO

20. On Browning's bottle label. CROSSWORD No. 196 21. Shades that may be palest. 24. This man isn't a huntsman, be

25. Rife actor for a change. OOMnE0o 1111d m aonmnmn'

28. Walk awkwardly, I would follow.

29. Worm mixed up with the root. 000DMMEI 30. Direst step. mon HnOraM MMEIM 31. Not male vans, evidently.

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2. Cyrirs disguise. ammennmnonnnm

3. A rich, but probably wet, man.

4. The winning colour. ORD Ir. They are heard three at a time. 15. Supporter of the Diet of Worms. emmn n 16. His occupation is very much an in- unmognomomnnon and-out affair.

figures. ACROSS 19. Lyrically associated with pale hands. 22. They go to people's heads.

23. They dug Ophelia's grave. 18. " The man who never alters his opinion . . . .. breeds — of the mind." (Blake.)