SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No.

1 Uncle met Nora (anag.) (12)

9 Here C. E. Montague had a small- holding (9) 10 The Admiral's bird (5) 11 With a short — motion' (Coleridge) (6) 12 To show the flag is one of their functions (8) 13 Sex confused about backward art can send the score up! (6) 15 Clip back hard by the Cornish coast (8)

18 I'll get nothing with a postscript 8) 19 ( I love a loud conclusion (6)

21 The girl's almost a hit although stingy! (4, 4) 23 The apple for a junket? (6)

26 'And mows printed hangings5) in enor- -' (Flecker) ( 27 Planted for the Sheikh's assigna- tions? (4-5)

ACROSS 28 Nat's a comical mix-up (12) DOWN 1 'The natural bravery of your isle, which stands as —'s park' (Shakespeare) (7) 2 Rome's in a state of confusion (5) 3 Tidy booth? (4-5) 4 A roll, please (4) 5 Sat up over a craze for an island

Not (8 Not Gilbert's spelling of gore! (5) 7 I'm in rather a hurry to get the ironing finished (7)

8 . . something between a large bathing machine and a very small second class —' (Gilbert) (8) 14 Did it support Cowper's favourite equipage? (3-5) 16 Very often the prop of the news- paper and its early reader! (6-3) 17 I pedal so in an incidental manner (8)

A first prize of a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of a book token for one guinea will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on June 24. Address solutions: Crossword No. 996, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.

18 The sailor who transgressed flagrantly if ungrammatically? (7)

20 Hates fourth-grade examinations, it seems (7)

22 'Women and — should never be dated' (Cowper) (5) 24 There's literally nothing in the game (5) 25 You'll get a little news in time! (4)

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