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Is THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 321 Boak Token for

one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct 'solution of this week's croisword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, May .1 sh. • Envelopes should be'received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," she NUMBER of the puzzle and a aid. stamp. Solutions must be on the form below, and none can be accepted from the U.S.A. The solution and the name of the winner will be published in the following issue.]

ACROSS I. But he ought to say on this. 5. Main if novel. (6.)

9. Omar was apparently given to having

one on a great scale. (8.) lo. Proportional representation to me is confused temporarily. (3, 3.) is. West country meeting hall. (6.)

13. A photograph, no doubt. (8.) 15. Tom's in Athens: does that cause

you surprise? (12.)

18. Lice -the work of dentists and sur-

geons perhaps. (12.) 23. Clumsy. (8.) 24. Part of a wasp in a lantern slide. (6.) 26 a Spanish gentleman, says the dictionary,-very handsome. (6.) 27. Carry on ringing. (8.) GI The distinguished airman might have been a haymaker. (6.)

29. She motors? (8.)

DOWN z. •'- of the prison-house begin to close 'upon the growing boy." (Wordsworth.) (6.) 2. A lump of value. (6.)

3. Queerer glasses? (7.)

4. They shell-out, as it were. (4.) 6. A sailor goes to a Balkan town; not very bright of him! (7.) 7. W.9. (Ann.) (8.) I. One of them was worked up by Shakespeare. (8.) (6, 2.) 11. ' Come, my come let's go a-Maying." (Herrick.) (7.) 14. About a thousand mixed orders. (7.) 16. Pugnacious. (8.) 17. Road site. (Anat.) (8.) 19. Hat of corded material, frequently dangerous. (7.) 20. Inform. (8.) 21. They take great interest, these rela- tions. (6.) 22. If they don't take up arms at least they support them. (6.) 25. Probably not Wolsey's farewell. (4.)