SPECTATOR' CROSSWORD No. 1171

ACROSS 29.

1. With a stony stare she precedes the novelist in the provisions dephrtment (10) 6. Hold tight, love, says Victor (4)

10. City of New York (5)

11. The boast of d'Artagnan? (9)

12. Male attendant on the Squire of Allington presumably (8)

13. I'm surrounded by multitudes in the tackles (6)

15. Shut up in the house (4) 16. 29 minus 10 contributes their classic number (4)

17 'A dainty - in porcelain' (Meredith) (5) 2(1• If returned at the finish, there'll he the devil (5) 21 Tidy shoemaker (4) 221livite0M 24 The leopard makes an appear- ance. Excuse me! (6) 26. Shake a leg? How very frivo- lous! (8)

Maud was not this, but she was ardently invited to come into the garden (9) 'Oh, peal upon our wedding, And we will hear the -' (A. E. Housman) (5) The loan of these labyrinths was sought by an orator (4) Bossy loll (10) DOWN Might turn scarlet when the bull got his own back (5) The fragrance of corned eel (9) 1 boost the instrumentalist (6) What's that jay-walker doing? (10)

The final model of a foot (4) Heights seen in a tour also including the Altai (5)

Just. gaffers, .these top wizards (9)

There are rewards if you get on within the specified times (7) Disentangle close liana to get a large Saxifrage (10)

14. 15. Strongly recommend artificial gems in thin layers (4-5) 18. There's a small bomb in the syrup! (9) 19. The assistant French professor (7) 23. Brave ruffian with the accent on brave (6) 25. A ticket for the doe, please (5) 27. Discuss the entertainment ; it's free (5)

28. A true woman (4) soh, ' mcsi neck

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