THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 628

IA Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the ton coma solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, June 12th. 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. sounons 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 rite following Wade.]

MI II Mil ill ill 111••••••••1111•111.•• •••111.1•11111 EMMEN FluI111••••

-M•111•••• 11111111••

• • • • •

• • • I •

ACROSS

9. Where they only think about lessons? (6, 2, 7.)

10. A month of progress. (5.) 11. Twenty-one shillingsworth of fresh territory. (3, 6.) 12. Red note (snag.). (7.) 13. Magnitude in a donkey. (7.) 14. Comnion defect of Nelson and Rugger men. (5, 4.) 21. Dora the child-wile. (7.)

23. Was the author of " All for Love " one ? (7.)

24. Darned nut (snag.). (9.) 25. " Now a bubble burst and now a • (Pope). (5.) 26. That rounded cranium of Isaac New- ton's ? (4, 2, 9.)

DOWN

1: He is at war with society. (7.)

2. " Whereas it is - surnamed Great " (Kipling). (7.)

3. He stands for a fit pair. (8.) 4. Wordsworth gave several reasons why it should not be scorned. (6.) S. Ten wasps (snag.). (8.) 6. Rouge's naughty appearance. (6.) 7. Suffer greatly. (7.) 8. Rastus's grown musical. (7.) 15. A corner of Surrey. (8.) 16. Dick needs pruning. (8.)

17. One is " The Last Ride Together ' doubtless was. (7.) .

the Is Me,c Ned out of it. (7:1 19. A step beyond the Windsor wives. (7.)

20. The child that la loving and giving. (7-)

22. " This is a - parucular . . . a fog, miss " (Dickens). (6.) 23. Every one, said Havelock Ellis, writes • his own autobiography. (6.)