SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 862

ACROSS 1 It sounds a very noisy smack! (6)

4 This kind of habit is a hand-to-mouth business (8).

10 Apartment X (7).

11 Exponent of skilful piece-work (7).

12 Lay petered out of this (10).

13 What, according to Dr. Johnson, we would all be if we could (4).

15 The horse with the halo (7).

17 Prophetic voices can be so clear here (7).

19 Straight from the printer to you (7). 21 Gruesome meeting of kilted sailor and sapper (7).

23 Lowland farewell (4).

24 Winged Cupid is so distinguished (10).

27 Herrick called her 'Sweet slug-a-bed' (7).

28 Alecto's sugary disguise (7).

29 Rope the motors in camps; that's a sound proposition (8).

30 Employment almost replete (6).

DOWN

1 Purchase a warm coat, Catherine; or is it slacks? (9) 2 Paper nearly fills its binding for post (7).

3 Additional place at table for a man in the field (5, 5).

5 Space yet available in the pantry (5, 4).

6 Hamlet was all for bearing those we have (4).

7 Crack the old nut; it's Lady Magl (7)

8 Get out the great shield (5).

9 'AIL did you — see Shelley plain?' (Browning) (4)

14 Is this what the wigmaker tries to do? Rather dangerous! (10)

16 Hardly an apt definition of a seat o, learning (4, 5).

18 Rather blue in saying goodbye (9). 20 Compass Jack in the Antipodes (7).

22 Fish got away? (4, 3)

23 Anything but a dumb show (5).

25 Coat for a very wet day (4).

26 He seems to have a knack of appearing in a big way (4).

Two prizes will be awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dietionao mad a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened after noon on December 6 and addressed: Crossword No. 862, 99 Gower St., Loudon, WCI.

Chanibers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, is recommended for Crosswords.

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