Prize Crossword

No. 1460 DAEDALUS

A prize of three guineas will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 28 December. Address solutions: Crossword 1460, The Spec- tator, 99 Gower Street, London WCI

Across 1 Beethovian farewells (6) 4 HQ not necessarily dressed overall (8) 10 A bit saucy, this co-operative activity (7) 11 I am lost in Siam twice, what intangible confusions (7) 12 'The sedge is wither'd from the (Keats) (4) 13 Shape ore to form leguminous missile- launcher (3-7) 16 No lava to be found back in Arthur's resting place (6) 17 They go with pelts it is said, these rodents (7) 20 Sting at a way of giving issue (7) 21 Greenery-yallery lady of the lake (6) 24 Gargantuan son (10)

25 'She gave me a good character, But said I could not —' (Carroll) (4) 27 Stuck in mid-leap (7)

29 Little boy blue, perhaps? (7)

30 The lady of a rose is a rose (8) 31 The pair that is a wee but (6)

Down I Nothing obscure in this sound of sirens (3, 5) 2 The Compleat Angler (5, 6) 3 Bear up! (4)

5 Beans on the sun in place of Cyprus (S)

6 It's a record to make music here (10)

7 'Nor be I any less of them, Because the red- rose-bordered —' (Yeats) (3)

8 Model questions (6)

9 Brutus was Caesar's (5) 14 It is a scarecrow's job, this timepiece (6. 5)

15 He makes sport of kicking out (10)

18 Drag nude in disguise without classification (8)

19 That statuesque Sicilian queen (8)

22 Marking bills on the river (6)

23 The French and the English combine in oblivion (5)

26 A riot of three (4)

28 Rap it up, that's equality for you (3)

Solution and winner on 2 January

Solution to Crossword No. 1458. Across: 1 Silverfish 6 Pomp 10 Light 11 Exuberant 12 Sheriffs 13 Advert 15 Bail 16 Grip 17 Nullo

20 Addle 21 Laid 22 Stir 24 Ambled 26 Agonists

29 Operative 30 Event 31 Sate 32 Consulates. Down: 1 Salts 2 Lag behind 3 Entail 4 Free for all 5 Spun 7 Orate 8 Petit four 9 Pendant 14 Springlets 15 Bravadoes 18 Latescent 19 Several 23 Unveil 25 Brent 27 Satis 28 Milo.

Winner: G. H. Warne, 8 Addison Rd., Ply' mouth.