31 JANUARY 1964, Page 28

SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1103

ACROSS

1 Spring-greens? (10)

6 The flighty one of a pair of corruptors (4)

10 Permit for the general (5) 11 Once it was today (9) 12 It must first be legible to be so (8) 13 Where did those Muses come from? (6) 15 The late bird (4) 16 The most maddening sort of little miss (4)

17 What would she be without her aunts and uncles? (5)

20 She shines as the soldier's lady (5) 21 'As sweet and musical As bright Apollo's —' (Shakespeare) (4) 22 A day on the troubled side (4) 24 He captained the side that had a great promise (6) 26 Newcomers up at the station? (8) 29 The middle-eastern beauty who shows up regularly as a state guest in Germany (9) 30 It's a bad drain on Serbia and Bosnia (5) 31 Get help with love—how medi- ocre! (4) 32 A forger of pieces (10) DOWN 1 Pay most of a bet (5) 2 There's a lot of drinking in this plot (3-6) 3 Rodent-coloured palm (6) 4 The queenly diet (5, 5) 5 The showy bit of 7 in a frame (4) 7 Turn red after golden distinc- tion (5).

8 Does sunshine just mean hard work to them? (9) 9 Confuse a diet fan who sticks to his guns (7) 14 One of that French trio over here? (10) His locker is the bottom one (4,5) Such young charms, tra la! (9) Backing south-easterly on two dozen sheets, Sir (7) Tried north for kindling? (6) Perturbed I fuss ; it's those eastern mystics (5) Old you shall second (5) Philosopher who goes against the grain (4) Solution next, week 15 18 19 23 • 25 27 28

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