THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 439 [A Book Token for

one guinea -vill be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week September 2nd. 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 , n 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.]

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1.Dick Barton's predecessor. (5, 8.) 8. The lad and the vehicle seem to have changed places. (5, 3.)

9. Where to find gold hair in poetry.

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12.rney South African journey. (4.)

13. " The glories of our - and state Are shadows " (Shirley). (5.) is 14. Therefore 13 changed. (4.) 17. Journey's end for some, but begin- ning for others. (6.) 18. Correspondents often claim to be. (7.)

20. A trifle finally put up to auction. (7.)

22.Champion at Cruft's? (3, 3.) •

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25. D. (4.) 26. Lonely object to which Wordsworth compared himself. (5.) 27. To be found in any glossary. (4.) 30. This might say it is dangerous to skate. (6.)

31. It will give him a post. (8.)

32. Compared with 1 it suggests trans- port dearer than literature. (5, 8.)

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2. Symbols. (7.) 3. Thirty steps short. (4.)

4. Few bug-hunters would tackle this with a net. (6.) 5. die. (4.) 6.Scare. (7.)

7. The last person to broadcast intelli- gence, however. (12.) 10. This art certainly gets people on their toes. (12.) 11.

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" Asvaliant as the wrathful dove or most magnanimous --- " (Shake- speare). (5.) Weapons of defeat. (5.) A celebrated circumnavigator. (5.) If it takes a turn one doesn't get over it. (5.)

Rough stuff, mostly mixed 19. (7.)

A lady from Shakespeare not found

m Shakes among his characters. (7.)

Yet it seems a foul sort of harvest. (6.)

Read the meter. (4.) " - rot gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man " (Shake- speare). (4.)