" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 513
[A Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, Febritary 1st. Envelopes must be received not. later than • first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 2[d. stamp. Solutions 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 the following issue.]
ACROSS
1. Paradoxically it suggests a swift road progress. (8.) 5. It's rudimentary, my bore. (6.) 9. Limb rest (snag.). (8.) 10. Allure. (6.) 12. A substitute for more ? (6.) 13. Just a medium sort of performance, or something Eyelet ? (8.) 15. Paul is so sure (ansg.). (12.) 18. Pre-fab quality ? (12.) 23. A line in shoes. (8.) .24. None was worth Landor's. (6.) 26. Occupants of 2, not so ferocious as they sound. (6.) 27. Ungrammatical appreciation of prowess with the top. (4, 4.) 28. Mistress, I'm leaving, going back, in fact. (6.) 29. In bis case it's for keeps, so to speak. (8.)
DOWN
1. Puss is awake and wants some sauce. (6.).
2. Noisy vehicular tailpiece. (6.) 3. Sarah from South America. (7.) 4. A lethal quadruped. (4.) 6. Goddess of the sentimental press. (7.)
7. They disturb the French king's rest. (8.) 8. Meaning that a portion of tax balls • .is too much? (8.)
tortoise's 11. Me the parties in 16. (7. 14. Battery companion. (7.) 16. Set up, Sid, literally. (8.) 17. Arch dog. (8.) 19. Shuffles again. (7.) 20. Men of steel. (7.) 21. He " hung a bottle on each side to make his balance true." (6.) 22. Enough cash turns up for junketing. (6.)
25. " It's sticking out a mile," as they say at Southend. (4.)
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