SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 850

ACROSS 1 Rope the essayist to the heroine (8). 1 S Tabitha's got It! (6) 2

9 'Say that the king, which may corn- 3

mand, -' (Shakespeare) (8).

10 Lisped to drive away (6).

12 Italian city inhabited by a Manx giant from S. America! (7) 13 Dramatically bound for departure (7).

14 Plenty, Sister (anag.) (12).

17 Jack o'Lantern has a prominent part

(7, 5). 11

4 A train's gone astray here (7). 15 The beginning of the climb for the 16

nouveau riche? (7)

Arrange Silene in water (6). 18 IS Kitty, you ass, it's a compound I (8) 19 24 The recipient of some nailing attentions 20

from a lady of old (6).

It naturally is, of itself, to the investor 21

(8). 8

DOWN He's among the bobbies (6).

Answer from the laboratory (6).

This vase is nearly full of mixed green (7).

Let's have the low-down in passing (12).

'Though winds blew great guns, still he'd - and sing' (Dibdin) (7).

Prime Minister surrounded by fluid good wishes (8).

Oh, Lydia's on vacation, is she? (8) Is climbing the hill good for it? (12) Faux pas in funds (8).

Aren't scamps able to display these charms? (8)

To 24 produces this result (7). Welcome zest in the refuge (7).

'Hard task to hit the - of such guests' (Pope) (6).

Where to find the candidate for exami- nation, 1 swear (6).

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,Wo prizes will be awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Clisrmbers's Twentieth Century Dictionary. "nd a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders ol the first two correct solutions 40ened after noon on September 13 and addressed: Crossword No. 550, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.

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

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