26 AUGUST 1955, Page 28

SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 849

ACROSS

1 They arrived with pounds and shillings 1

(6).

4 Hurry up to cook the eggs (8).

10 Girls. it takes one aback! (7)

11 The birds' enclosure doesn't lack food (7)- ' 12 'Joined be to our world —' (Keats) 00). 5 13 I'm shut up like this (4).

15 Remedy that provides against hap- hazard play (7), 17 Herein's the answer to be found (7). 19 One of a set of six in the equine world

(7).

21 She's found on the lee side (7).

23 Jonson's was a learned one (4).

24 'Words, words, words!' (10) 27 It's in a runner very cunningly con- cealed (7).

28 The adjutant's in a feather boa! (7)

29 Liberate Shakespeare (4-4).

30 Rent's a bit of a muddle when it's 26 behind (6). DOWN

'Magic — opening on the foam Of perilous seas in faery lands forlorn' (Keats) (9).

Repositories of strange con(idences at sea (7).

No further use for matches in this period? Ask at the docks (!O).

In fiction she joined a Canadian pro- vince (9).

Beavers in the harvest-field (-t). Jonathan over the water (7). Big birds produce a sneer (5). A guide to the labyrinth (4). Quiet in the Brigade! (10) The fame of Elgin? (9) Gilbert's gay girl from Bath (5, 4). Homage that can enrage (7). Thorny subject who kept quiet (7). Nonsensical twin (5).

Myra the WRAC (4).

His footwork isn't very acceptable as one gets on (4).

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Ewe prizes will be awarded: a copy of tho Do Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the Hest two correct solutions opened after noon on September 6 and addressed: Crossword No. 849, 99 Gower St., London, WCI.

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