THE "SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 656
[A Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened after noon on Monday week, December 24th, addressed Crossword, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear 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.]
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ACROSS
1. One of many hangers-on into deep water. (8.) 5. A horse for Sc much. (6.) 9. A sheep fleeced, it seems, for mili- tary defence. (8.) 10. A low sounding seat. (6.) 12. Old boy tardy. (6.) 13. A caseof stuck in liquidation. (5, 3.) 15. Like, for example, teachers skilled in metals.(5, 7.) 18. A case of cardiac enlargement in character. (2, 10.) 23. "Hateful docks, rough -, Keck- Res, burs" (Shakespeare). (8.) 24. With which improving stories used to end. (6.) 26. Bolts, but probably not alone. (6.) 27. Head-dress in ships sailing to South hirica. (8.) 28. Sat about an affirmative. (6.) 29. Almost substitutes for hat-stands. (8.)
DOWN
1. Tavern brawl of great antiquity. (6.) 2. Just what an ambler might go for. (6).
3. A cheat's conversion. (7.) 4. What to do in ambush. (4.) 6. Their hunting results in no great catch. (7.)
7. Gate-crashers arc. (8.) 8. Broken rest with a free ticket. (8.)
11. "The stockings were hung by the - with care" (Moore). (7.) who get 14. Struggles of an abstainer surrounded by bundles. (7.) 16. Others get the returned manuscript. (8.) 17. Money from agriculture ? Just a plant. (8.) 19. Incoming dishes. (7.) 20. The glasses seem more curious. (7.) 21. Symphony its composer nearly destroyed. (6.) 22. One must get to grips with them. (6.) 25. An amusing obstruction it seems. (4.)
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