"The Spectator" Crossword No. 217

BY ZENO. - [A prize of one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked " Crossword Puzzle," and should be received not later than first post on Tuesday. No envelopes will be opened before noon on Tuesday. Solutions should be on the form appearing below. The name of the winner will be published in our next issue. Envelopes containing solutions must bear a three-halfpenny stamp, otherwise they are surcharged on delivery. Solutions from the U.S.A. cannot be accepted ]

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK The winner of Crossword No. 216 is Mrs. J. Veitch, Struan Bank, Cowdenbeath, Scotland. ACROSS

1. No, the bottles of water these.. musical composi- - tions contain do not serve- to dampen them !

8. My first is unchecked in 1 doivn, my second in 31. 10. Marlborough defeated the French here.

14. You could make this silent,.

15. " To rest, the . . . and soft (23 down) invite, Who never mentions hell to oars polite."

16. rev. Edible seeds.

17. rev. " I dare not fight ; but

I will . . . , and hold out my iron." 19. You can find a twisted one in a tail although it is part of a foot.

21. A porter's room requires an ode with this 22. Spring flower partly made from linen. 23. " Shall I, wasting in despair, . . becauS6 a woman's fair ?"

24. A doubter (anag.).

26. This inhabitant of an Italian city has a polite inner

appearance. .

27. rev. State of U.S.A.

28. He bore much for Zeus.

29. Refuse from pressed fruit.

31. Considering fore and aft, it doesn't look as if the son of the sea at heart was A.B. ! Perhaps because the weather was this ?

DOWN 1. This poet is a mere baby !

2. This poet is not very ancient himself !

3. These people must take note to be on time ! 4 This has been in the family ' for years. - b. rev. . Makes what is bald scurrilous.

6. rev. Pickle of wine, vinegar and spices.

7. " Ah, did you once . . Shelley plain 1 " 8. There should be more than pity for this want of dutifulness.

9. The action of milking out.

11. Tho prow of an Arabian-Sea ship.

12. Those persons need no sets of columned figures.

13. Presently. , 16. rev. Chopin's Op. 10 and 25.

18. Inclined to shed tears. 20. rev. The fruit of a little more than three articles ? 23. See 15.

25. The' founder of Carthage.

30. In 16 across, gems.