" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 482
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yang 29th. Envelopes must be received. not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 21d. stamp. $olutions 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.]
ACROSS
1. Doa't we drop ash? (anag.). (6, 3. 4.)
10. Like the revels in " The Tempest."
11. Fought in 1859, an engagement of some colour. (9.) 12. It takes the paper to press. (6.) 13. Speed the seam. (6.) 16. " Mice and -, and such small deer, Have been Tom's food for seven long year " (Shakespeare).
17. Study the metal gentleman in a party. (10.)
20. Sly needles refashioned slightly.
21. " I came like water and like - I go " (Omar Khayyam). (4.) 23. These trees develop as scum. (6.) 25. Found in the stop-press as often as not. (6.) 28. Compounded of 5 and a sting. (9.) 29. The dramatist was an inhabitant of Tours. (5.) 30. It displays a second-hand script that can only be read on reflection. (8, 5.)
DOWN
2. In his case, perhaps, a delviery of coals would not have been a superfluity. (9.)
3. For this diamond £30,000 was paid. (6.)
4. " Rise, honest muse! and sing the Man of -" (Pope). (4.)
5. Found among penniless beggars. (4.) 6. Shakespearean tripper. (8.) 7. She may come in with the cocktails, possibly stuffed. (5.) 8. A seasonable worsted mixture. (6, 3, 4.) 9. Small volume. (6, 7.) 14. " The - of heraldry, the pomp of power " (Gray). (5.) 15. Some take it in their stride, some require helping over. (5.) 18. It determines what simply isn't done.
19. " Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and - Midnight born " (Milton). (8.) 22. She conceals his age in japan. (6.) 24. A source of oil near Nineveh. (5.) 26. There are literally up and down trains on this railway. (4.) 27. Excited like a giant. (4.)
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