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SOLUTION OF CROSSWORD No. 1,040 ACROSS.-1 Grieved. 5 Reel off.

9 Nieman. 10 Towel-rail. 11 Afraid. 12 Gain time, 14 Tosca. 15 Endowment. 18 Correa:al°. 20 Nooks. 22 Caroline. 24 Bottle. 26 Subaltern. 27 Bride. 28 Attacks, 29 Tuxedos.

DOWN.—I Gymnastic. 2 Immures. 3 Ventilate. 4 Duty. S Rowlandson. 6 Ellen. 7 Opaline. 8 False. 13 Mergansers. (6 Window-box. 17 Tasteless. 19 Rarebit. 21 Outvied. 22 Casca: 23 Lilac. 25 Inst.

PRIZEWINNERS Miss M, Carr, Flat 3, 22 Moreton Place, London, SW1, and Miss K. H. Wake, 4 Bootbam Terrace, York.