3 JANUARY 1964, Page 27

SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1099

ACROSS 1 Useless beast, stalled in the 2 bazaar (5, 8) 9 Where to get an Aesculapian 3 culture (9) 4 10 Location of a palindrome (5) 11 Sails all tied up? That's the 5 stuff! (5) 12 Music by Solomon (9) 6 13 Late yet early outfit (7) 15 Young Lochinvar, for one (7) 17 Plain pastry for a horse (7) 19 This way to the stars? (7) 21 Red agent with a good weather- eye (9) 9 23 Sidetrack the chase following south (5) 24 Broken tiles in the main (5) 25 Movement by numbers (9) 26 Right of way observable in Kruger Park? (5, 8)

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A bang on the forehead, for example? (4-5) Such a blazer for a scout (5) Drums might cause it perhaps? Yes, indeed (7)

The very breath of life to fast- moving Frenchmen (7) Captain takes precedence of Admiral, we hear - what audacity] (9) Loan about a penny? That's knotty (5)

Signs of top people all at sea (6) It represents comfort before cash for the artist (5)

Snakish sycophant (4-5) Darwin's line (9) Philip's relatives go to pot! (6) The kind of football one might expect in Moscow (7) 7 8 14 16 17 18 19 Make haste with the food of love? (7) 20 Covering of a chair that's destined to be perhaps (5) 22 What a mess in the home Leerie is preparing (5) 23 Foot-warmers (5) Solution next week

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