SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 868

ACROSS 1 The little marsupial swears a double oath, it seems (6).

4 The American went to the wrong 'shoot' to learn how to pronounce this! (8)

10 Norfolk yachtsman with a middle-aged spread? (/7) I; Determine to try this again (7).

12 There's small comfort in stocks (6, 4).

13 It returns to sting (4).

15 Shakespeare writes his invitations (7). 17 'Me do you leave aghast With the memories we —?' (Browning) (7) 19 Bowdler's favourite verb (7).

21 This football team doesn't vary its weight (7).

23 it is donned for brief purposes (4).

24 Where to find the reserved goods at the exhibition ; get me7 (10)

27 I join the cricket club in a game with ponies. blow it (7)

28 it's not a fixture or is it? (7) 29 'And I was — and sick of an old passion' (Dowson) (8).

30 Welcomes with tears (6), DOWN

I Intriguers' progeny are concerned with horses (9).

2 Watched for and rejected (7).

3 Not tilled round a dead language (10).

5 Let's have the refrain, Kitty, it should sparkle! 19)

6 Not much in 12 (4).

7 'All in the Downs,' maybe (7).

8 Preliminary to a night out (5).

9 'We must be — or die, who speak the tongue That. Shakespeare spoke' (Wordsworth) (4).

14 Bactrian's contribution to a studio performance (6-4).

16 Harsh mail? Put it at the back (9). 18 Hammer and tongs, that's sound enough (9).

20 Chum holds the best cards (7).

22 is it five or eleven o'clock nowadays? (7) 23 Melancholy about being pious (5).

25 'He takes this window for the —' (Davenant) (4).

26 Ancient history in a tangle (4).

Two prizes will he awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chamhers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a hook token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened after noon on January 17 and addressed: Crossword No. 868,99 Gower St., London, WCI Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, is recommended for Crosswords.

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