SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 828

2 'To sot the cause above -' • (Newbolt) (6).

3 Boil ale (anag.) (7).

4 Captain of an early stock-boat (4). 6 Devastating, though they might just amount to a row of beans (7).

7 Bid nothing for special service? (8).

8 'He will maintain his argument as well as any - man in the world' (Shakespeare) (8).

II Put both ways on the finish (3, 4).

14 The jump-dodger (7).

16 Chaps I dO describe 4's handiwork (8).

17 Whose wanderings? Me and my girl's (8).

19 Haughty on the boards (7).

20 'Wrought,' said Swinburne, 'as a ring or a starbright sphere' (7).

21 Jargon in the dug-out? (6).

22 This place uses more flowers than it sounds (6).

25 Quadruped with an undefined target (4).

Two prizes will he awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened after noon on April 12 and addressed: Crossword No. 828, 99 Gower St., London, W.C.I.

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