SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 830

ACROSS DOWN

1 Venus ensphercd at dusk? (6). 1 The wrong flavouring for the drink 4 Heads it is! (8). named (9).

10 The enthusiast at the polls is fatter 2 Thus below it's healthier (7).

11 Seize the couch (7). free, In Heaven ycleap'd

12 Car ride, Sid? (anag.) (5, 5). (Milton) (10).

13 You'll find me as I'm hidden in the 5 Constellation that should be success-

Orient (4). ful at the bran-tub (3, 6).

15 'To bask i' the sun and - out 6 Use a reconstruction here (4).

17 It's quite commonplace for the ex- a blonde (7).

perts to be excellent and get 100 (7). 8 Mused among the house-leeks (5).

19 Turn to to a haven for the under-

21 Keystone? (7). neat's leather' (Shakespeare) (4). 23 Appropriate wear when it's raining 14 Such as one can make into cats and dogs (4). securities? (10).

24 Where to find the cash in the mon- 16 Like people in the Soke of Peter-

astery (10). borough? (9).

27 The kind of work Kingsley admitted 18 Additional danger to sailors in great was dull at whiles (7). straits (9).

28 Is it Pussy's coat that looks so silky? 20 He was for truth (7).

29 After the fish heads on board ship? Rome (7).

(8). 23 Waggish in war? (5).

30 'He only does it to annoy because he 25 Pole loses a thousand at the races (4).

knows it -' (Carroll) (6). 26 The girl for Wembley! (4). than he was (7). 3 'But come thou goddess fair and

knees and feet' (Browning) (7). 7 The nymph of the Severn is evidently

privileged (4-3). 9 'As proper men as ever - upon (7). 22 Sycophants reduced to a day in

wo prizes will be awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a book token for one Guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the Orel two correct solutions opened after noon on April 26 and addressed: Crossword No. 830, 99 Gower St., London, W.C.1.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, is recommended for Crosswords