SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1190

ACROSS

1. Mother Carey's brood (6, 7)' 9. Brought back as an armchair made new (9) P. For drawing of a fish (5) 11. Roles for- one without a win- ning way (5)

12. Robin's pointer (9)

. Snencerian place of resurrection ) 15. Rites as mockeries (7) 17. A party being safe at a pre- mium (7) ,,19. Upset a gender (7) 41. Where the blue birds come from 2 in Spain (9) 3' TheY doubtless catch the eye of reeves (5) 21. How to shed a garment? But

25. The virtue of those screwy brats (9) 26. Spreaders for blacksmiths (8, 5)

then there's no point (5)

DOWN

2. Bunter's haunts (9) 3. Mr. Morgan's line (5) 4. The measure of sailcloth (7)

5. End the beginning, sure it's a muddle, but one puts up with it (7)

6. The tide came in poetically as a flowery distillation (9)

7. A pound, a place in church, a case of backsliding (5) 8. The larva sounds a bounder, and is at honie in fresh water (6) 9. A mess of rice is left in the middle, and it remains (5) 14. They are tough on the engine- driver, no doubt (4, 5)

16. All-round telephone receiver? (4-5) 17. His wax waned, and was his downfall (6) 18. So is tovarichl (7)

19. (7) It's such a bore for fishermen

20. Lacie and Tillie ; who's missing? Weill Weill (5)

22. To be out of it one must be in the swiml (5)

23. Gilpin's involuntary r8le (5) Solution next week

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