SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1093
ACROSS
1 Two instruments join in the dance
(8) 5 Old coin for treats (6) 9 Hawaiian dish with layers for Diana from this place (8)
10 Very horsy! (6)
12 Does it avail the Spanish his- torian 7 (5) 13 Nasal hint for those with a cold?
(9) 14 It's sensational! (12) 18 Does too much smoking make them so? (5, 7) 21 Aren't thus dressed up for monkeys (5-4) 23 Running a temperature? (5) 24 But it wasn't Smollett who walked with the Angel (6) 25 The discarded radio? (3, 5) 26 They could be chaste for a change! (6) .- 27 These atoms are different! (8) DOWN 1 'We are seven' (6) 2 The sun-god at home, somewhat dried up (6) 3 A sticky but colourful hobby (9) 4 Give Peter an equal start to surmount admissions of debt (12) 6 Such runs lead to a verdict (5) 7 Highest speed afloat goes to the head, of course (8)
8 Dismiss the mob who get bagged? (8) 11 does the ploughman get assistance from behind from them? (5-7) 15 This display took place weeks ago! (5, 4)
16 It's Grace in rural surroundings (8)
A first prize of a book token for one guinea and a second prize of a hook token for fifteen shillings nil' he awarded to the senders of the first two correct ',Athena opened on June 21. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1093, 99 Gower St., London, WC!.
Solution on June 24
17 Trouble with the unlettered rabble, how charming!' (8)
19 Feature of the dilemma Gilpin found himself in? (6) 20 How quills used to be used? (6) 22 'Look in thy — and write' (Sidney) (5)