" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 397 [A Book Token

for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opene4 after noon on Tuesday week, October 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 2id. 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.]

ACROSS

I. Dismiss the parson? It's rough! (9.) 5. " To what green - 0 mysterious

priest, Lend'st thou that heifer? "

(Keats.) (5.) 8. Truly a tongue-twister. (5.)

9. " A winning wave, deserving note In the tempestuous -." (Herrick.) (9.) r. Mary swallows a very large joint. (9,) 12. A tail, twisted. (5.)

13. A quantity of timber. (4.)

14. So the abstainer gets nothing, facing a fast bowler. (5, 4.) 18. Familiar jockey and artist combine at the docks. (9.) 21. One can't have a pair of braces with- out these. (4.)

23. " The - of heraldry, the pomp of power." (Gray.) (5.) 25. Habitation preceded by nearly all of 23. (9.) 27. A case, it seems, of skilful garotting. (9.) 28. How not to deal with withers on washing day. (5.) 29. Gatherum Castle was (5). 30, Quill, proceed laboriously. (9.)

DOWN

I. Arm us in the old city. (5.) 2. Bird which, as its other name shows, should go by train. (9.) 3. Can fifty-six make a reformer? (6.) 4. The first person to detect Tennyson's " little rift," perhaps. (7.) 5. No great shakes, this subversive person? (8,) 6. Musical fish. (5.) 7. These tradesmen would have been useful to the three blind m ce. (9.) to. Old-fashioned date. (5.) 13. A mild expletive to the directors.

15. Mr. Maugham's betters, (3.) 16. Obstructing. (9.)

17. Tar Clive (ann.) (8.) 19. Little book with no binding for the architect. (5.)

20. A great ship, (7.)

22. Demonstrative rain. (6.)

24. Salt upstairs. (5.) 26. Boys don't play with these marbles.

(5.)