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Luxe edition of Chambet is Twentieth Cra- nny Dicitrta,y and a book token for one gut n e a. 17,r,e mill hr gara-ded to the 'ender, of the WO correct iolutiorts opened miller 115011 (.1 TIIVAtilly arch,

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Gower .CI., ..ondmt, II' .r 5.411/4th,11 most be all the in,t11 here primed The wholon and the .sores of the inner, will be tublished ir, the ACROSS: 1 The footbi 11 fan's sa .tor,,a1 adjunct (3. 3). 4 ' Ivory and apes and -' (8). 9 More and wanted (6). 10 Pens here disguised ,(8). 12 Much of their work is in hits (8). 13 Birds' drinking vessel? (6). 15 The book's mine (4). 16 Qu'rnet, Ada (anag.) ((0). 19 Not much of a gate in such a fight I (4, 3, 3). 20, 26 Not a might have been (4. 4). 23 A poet's land-girl (6). 25 This advance begins like an anagram and ends fundamentally (8). 27 Shell the Principality '? (8). 28 The sound of prohibited musicians (6). 29 ' When, like committed linnets, I with - throat shall sing ' (Lovelace) (8). 30 It goes pop (6).

DOWN: 1 A blow hindered in verse (7). 2 In favour of weight myself (9). 3 One hears them in the local gossip (6). 5 Ernest decanonised (4). 6 His maid was a beggar (8). 7 ' She hangs upon the - of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear ' (Shakespeare) (5). 8 Is it that she is a left winger '1 (7). 11 Autumn might have been found sitting on its floor, said the poet (7). 14 It's rough on the coinage (7). 17 You are singular and in a ship (9). 18 Where out comes at the end of the innings (5, 3). 19 Horse-play among the enemy (7). 21 Ida's lap (anag.) (7). 22 A bit of Latin is in order here (6). 24 Said -- " At last thou art come " ' (Browning) (5). 26 See 20.

Solution will be published on August 20.

The winners of Spectator Crossword No. 792 arc as follows: First prize to MISS MELLON, Thump Close, Gt. Umiak, Amblcside, and second prize to Me. S. W. WOOLVEN, Cotswold. Somerset Road, Faring, Sussex, SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 792.

acaoss: 1 Cabins. 4 Gauntlet. 10 Meteors. 11 Sophist. 12 Rues. 13 Aggrandise. 16 Cashew. 17 Anchors. 20 Pelican. 21 Caudle. 24 Patronymic. 25 Oct°. 27 1nconnu. N Thistle. 30 Gervaise, 31 Parsec.

tiOwsi: 1 Gimcrack, 2 Bittersweet, 3 Oboe. 5 Anscrinc. 6 Nepenthean. 7 Lel. 8 Totter. 9 Usage. 14 1rradicates. 15 California. 18 Marghods, 19 Veronese. 22 Spring. 23 Birth. 26 Mina. 28 Cur.

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