" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 409 [A Book Token

for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon, on Tuesday week, yanuary 2551. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and ....must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 2.3c1. 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 he published in the following issue.]

ACROSS

z. An achievement with the pen, not the bottle. (4, 6.) 6. Stop shooting. (4.) 10. Outcast king. (5.)

Ix. Funny aspect of debts. (9.)

12. By no means the places for innocents

abroad. (9.) 53. Will a Christian name develop from this ? (5.) 54. Like life, it " is mostly froth and bubble." (7.) 16. College street. (7.) 28. The ache is concealed in a suggestion of dishonesty. (7.)

20. Season of possibility. (7.) 22. Black chain. (5.) 24. Lighthouse foregone. (9.)

26. Where to find a central common market for offal ? (9).

27. Departmental river. (5.) 2& Finally it is on the verge of collapse.

29. These tradesmen should have a good platform manner. (too

DOWN

a. Many have had a brush leading to a close shave with their help. (7.)

2. Half breathe a lisp. (9.) 3. " It - and I am ready to depart " (Landor). (5.) 4. Newt in a catalogue gone political. (7.)

5. Its only a container in the end. (7.)

7. Catch for a dwarf when fishing. (5.) I. Brief Cockney comment on the fate of the felon. (7.) 9. Secret traveller with a good appetite. (8.) 15. Antony apologised for being meek and gentle with them. (8.) 17. Unoriginal. (9.)

28. Urge to give the girl her representa- tive colours. (7.) 19. Assist to alight with a leaflet. (7.) 20. Leased market without a leg to stand on. (7.)

21. Diminish finally. (7.)

23. They " did gyre and gimble in the wabe." (5.) 25. A very frequent address to the un- seen. (5.)