" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 297

By ZENO

IA prize of a Rook Token for one guinea will he given to the sender el the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. liswelopes should be marked "Crossword Puzzle," and should be received nor later than the first post on Tuesday. No envelopes will be opened before noon on Tuesday. Solutions should be on the form appearing below. 71/2e slam of the winner will be published in our next issue. Envelopes containing solutions must boar a three-halfpenny stamp, otherwise they are surcharged on delivery. Solutions from Me U S.A. cannot be accep ed./

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I. No one would like this dance-partner sofa !

to. Neutrality-but certainly not the political kind.

14. What 6 and 8 do.

15. The most rapid growth would never result in an animal's coat having this 17. More than me.

18. An agent who is not a woman is not one to trust.

20. Cases demanding this are best for the overworked doctor.

22. with 3o. Part of a house with a great deal of scope.

23. Set of teeth no dentist would advise having.

25. A heroine of Maria Edge- worth.

26. Load with praise.

27. The hero of two plays by Chapman.

28. with 12. Line roof of room.

29. Advice for a speeding musi- cian.

32. The way to disturb an Arctic explorer ?

DOWN r. This sweetmeat looks as if it might go well with a hot day !

2. Responsibility which you and I must feel.

3. This weather-gauge has been rather useless lately.

4. rev. Sedentary fabric ?

5. Fuel facet (snag.). to find on the 6. rev. " who knows how he may report Thy words by adding . . .

to the flame ? "

7. My first and second are unchecked in 32.

8. " Orthodoxy is my doxy- heterodoxy is . . . man's doxy."

9. rev. Approximated in some of its terms toward a definite limit.

II. Kind of head-gear that affects one emotionally. (Two _ words.)

12. See 28.

13. Or to make a seed. i6. Few and far between.

19. Married to Ben Jonson's Corvino.

20. Headstrong.

21. rev. A highland chief and freebooter of Scott.

22. A very poetical pole.

24. Makes haircutting bold to- gether ?

27. Ecclesiastical degree.

30. See 22 across.

31. Seeing this makes an explo- sive sound.