SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 983

ACROSS 1 Snub for the manicurist about polish? (6)

4 Remove from the board in a drag (8). 9 Twice 28 (6). 10 Maybe he won't be one when he's done some space-travel! (8) 12 Puss is one hundred per cent. her property (8). 13 There seems to be something threatening about one making kind inquiries in Scotland (6).

15 Not the way of all right-thinking men (4).

16 The dieter's aim, roughly speaking (4, 2, 4). 19 Hypochondriac's exclamation of astonishment (4, 1, 5).

20 It's full at the end of the sentence 4).

23 . Burke, his check (6).

25 Dupes are out to make converts (8).

27 Tried tea well stirred? (8) 28 Half of 9 (6).

29 Red might be in Cornwall if unsparing (8).

30 It has great staying power (6).

DOWN 1 The politics of Elihu? (7) 2 comes on chosen evenings, My blackbird -' (Drinkwater) (9).

3 Hit fly, it's disgusting (6).

5 He gets round a bit of work with 'confidence (4). 6 Motorists need hands, too! (8)

7 I appear in the story of the river 8 The Civil Service undoes the exam results (7). 11 Three are allowed to produce a poem (7). 14 Strict to the last penny, even being cut off with it l (7) 17 Sage's rent causes disaffection (9).

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 March 25. Address solutions: Crossword No. 983.99 Gower St., London, WCI,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Is recommended for Crosswords.

Solution on March 28

18 Capital that has the protection of the Church (8). 19 'A - like a prince attended' (Watson) (7).

21 Any excuse for getting out before the sermon! (7)

22 I'm under the river with nothing on, but am accustomed to the cold! (6)

24 Sheepish kind of grouse (5). 26 'Two massy- he bore of metals twain' (Milton) (4).

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