SP ECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1052

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23 Everlastingly in and out! (4) 24 Thal quality of Jorrocks (5-5) 27 Dramatic trio (7) 28 Eye-opener? (7) 29 Mountain festivals? (4-4) 30 Celebrated in song (6) DOWN 1 Torn coat in Cambridgeshire (9) 2 A zebra crossing'? (7) 3 Allusive quality of a city I plot (10) 5 Where to find a minor official (9) '6 'Our voices keep tune and our — keep time' (Moore) (4) 7 The Muse who gets the palm (7)

8 Highland islander (5) 9 The aide is a pattern (4) 14 But it's the last thing the hopeful substitute is likely to do! (10) 16 Edward gets a debt record on the sly (9) 18 'Perhaps in this — spot is laid ...' (Gray) (9)

20 The cause of my downfall? I'd no gun! (7)

A first Inite bOok t 14,,:nai a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of • Pened" - 'or One ' • '11 I"awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions °" Sent. 11. Address d N 1052 99G St., London, WCI. Chambers's Twentieth Century • ss solutions: _rostinur , D. , Gower

Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.

Solution on Sept. 11

22 Hostelries provide mixed gin pictorially (3, 4) ' 23 'Does — sound bitter?' in- quired Browning (5) 25 Ruffled birds in no haste (4) 26 A nice sort (4)

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