SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,019
ACROSS 26 1 Steeds for the witches in Macbeth no doubt (6)
4 Chesty? In a rich coat, too! (8) 8 Tympani for the Toy Soldier, we hear (8) 1 10 The old heroine is more than old
(6) 2 12 Stepney can spare it! (5) • 13 Music by moonlight (9) 3 14 The lad with the false front takes a back seal (5) 5 16 'The flung spray and the blown 6 spume'? (9) 17 Prim faces in the glow of the flames (4-5) 7 19 dip in the river' (Stevenson) 9 (5) 21 Meet nurse, though strange and wild! (9) 22 Red candidate for the fair (5) 15 24 Browning's lost editorial? (6) cosy coat (5.4) (8) hearty meal (7) Matters of weight and importance (8) Silly, muddled about a penny? (6) DOWN Venerable one married in a tearful state (7) Greetings, and here's the remedy (5) Doctor conies to the conference, rightly (7) Ode runs to praise (7)
'There's a )lower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little (Words- worth) (9)
Beacon light that holds secrets (7) Have you soup? None, Mister! (10) Trimming on the leg leads to idling (10) Confused male in the chair, in a 27 11
A first prize of a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of a book token for one guinea will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on December 2. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1,019,99 Cower St., London, WC1.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords. Solution on December 5
18 The affliction of Philip who couldn't sit still at table (7)
19 'The spring-time — in his throat' (Watson) (7) 20 Existence among the doctors implies formal wear (7) 23 'And blossoming boughs of in laughter shake' (Bridges) (5)
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