" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 41

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ACROSS t. Just the character to snuff the candles (8).

5. Does the hairdresser pro- vide this before giving a water-wave? (2 words) (3, 3).

9. It makes Lot obese (8).

1o. In this country I am con- fused with a race-course (6).

11 Inside ships? (6).

13. Staff notation in military slang (2 words) (5, 3).

is. Not Smiles's idea of Self Help (3 words) (5. 3, 4).

18. There is no difficulty in see- ing through their designs (2 words) (5, 7).

23. The solution is the oppo- site of what I announce myself to be (8).

24. An all-round affair (6).

26. Poems addressed to South Africa in the Black Sea (6).

27. about? Wire back (8).

28. Thp spinsters' quarry in Leap Year (2 words) (3, 3).

29. Elijah did (8).

DOWN 1. No good telling this dog to keep his hair on! (6).

2. A coin's gone astray here (6).

3. Extract from law (7). 4. In truth Vera goes first (4). 6. Anagram of 29 except for one letter (7).

7. Anthony apologised for being meek and gentle with them (8). 8. A dip in these is dry rather than wet and may be lucky (z words) (4, 4).

25. Perhaps his perform- ance would have been more convincing if Carute had built a few of these (11).

14. Someone undefined ap- pears to be very tardy (7).

16. Little Tommy thcught this plant meant wages earned by land-workers (8).

17. Whether one liked these examples of needlework may have been a matter of taste (8).

19. A way they have in Ger- many (7).

20. This creature has a hat made of rep (7).

21. And here do I write up the same material? (6)

22. Proficient (6). 25. See above.