• THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 494 [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 September 21st. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 21d. 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
1. Mess about,-with clay ? (6.)
5. Even the most adroit schoolboy could hardly spin this one. (3, 3.) 10. Each lemon produces it. (9.) 11. An impressionist. (5.) 12. A sorry mixture. (6.) 13. It is useless to attempt to do it to a bigot. (8.) 15. Silhouette is one of these. (10.) 17. This is something I grant you. (4.) 19. " Oh, for a single - of that Dundee Who on that day the word of onset gave ! " (Wordsworth). (4.) 20. Rabelais called this isle " Chaneph." (10.) 23. Record the entrance of the taxi. (3, 5.) 24. Inquiring. (6.) 27. This bone is silently dropped. (5.) 28. A mere help. (Anag.) (9.) 29. One of those who did " search the Scriptures." (6.) 30. Alfe. (6.)
DOWN
2. County contribution to the jeweller's window. (5.)
3. They embrace the bridge. (8.)
4. A quadruped turns up to assist the orchestra. (4.) 5. It takes so little to make them ban Dolores. (10.) 6. There were no witnesses of her unique achievement. (6.) 7. Scene of much stopping and pedal- ling by men of note. (9.) 8. Numbers of musical arrangements. (6.) 9. A blossom to the north is not forward. (6.) 14. A pig separates the raw material of 1 ac. from a broken one. (4, 6.) 16. Guy's tenor (anag.). (9.) 18. He's just up. (8.) 19. Hunt for the painter. (6.) 21. The last seat to End in the Marshal- sea. (6.) 22. She is embraced by a low fellow. (6.) 25. " The uncertain glory of an day " (Shakespeare). (5.) 26. Painted by Orpen. (4.)
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