SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1089

ACROSS

1 Gift for example in rough clay (6) 4 It gets one so ruffled (8) 10 So a move can be made to depart (7) 11 0 let's get mixed up in writing (7)

12 Attraction shown by all true men (10) 13 'Kind, kind and gentle is she' (4)

15 The barren palm-tree? (7) 17 You might get this-at a stretch (7) 19 Though royal, he's so petty (7) 21 Anything but a chorus-girl (7)

23 Loud works, very affected (4) 24 No charge for admission to the big' fight (4, 3, 3) 27 Rodent's track event in the US? (3-4) 28 Force behind the wheel? (7) 29 How to trim a badger, perhaps (8) 30 Is this the way to get a fixation? (6) DOWN 1 Drake's exclamation in spring, perhaps (4-1-4) 2 The heraldic beast's foreleg was in front, naturally! (7) 3 No little boys in the songster's place (5-5) 5 Jottings about baby-sitters (9)

6 Pictorially associated with carna- tion and rose (4) 7 Hamlet's father's tatter (7)

8 Mr. Therm is so talkative (5) 9 One mate amid many (4) 14 Shout to take care will bring recollection (4, 2, 4)

A first prise of a book token for one guinea and a second prize of a book token for fifteen shillings will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on May 24. Addrete solutions: Crossword No. 1089,99 Gower St., London, WC1.

Solution on May 27

16 How to stop John Halifax, in short (9) 18 'In the dull of common things' (Keats) (9) 20 Might an avuncular tip be? (7) 22 Just fancy that! (7) 23 Unit of distant advertisement? (5) 25 Edward's all of a whirl, appar- ently (4) 26 Good weather for the fete (4)

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