SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 844

1 To give up one's franchise, as it were? (6)

4 Obviously not in the style of the author of 'The Conquering Worm' (8). 8 It was owned by both after a Scots

negative (8).

10 Composer of Koanga (6).

12 Alice, where art thou? she ask (5).

13 The old cat! (9) 14 Thanks a million (almost), as they say in the East (5).

16 These trees are grown in a spiral, see? (9) 17 Evidently no blue blood wanted in its cast (9).

19 Refuge of 12 (5).

21 Print less of fragments (9).

22 Outcast in retreat (5).

24 Vegetables that are recognisable by the expert (6).

25 Ain't Maud in a flutter in the conser- 23 vatory? (8)

seems to 3

Dr)opped from the team and hated it

(8.

Myself, Diana and the Colonel discover the doctor (6).

DOWN Where winged speculation may be indulged in at home (7).

This kind of vessel is for sale (5).

'Any more for the Skylark?' (7) A very superior garment (7).

The elephant's hangover, silly! (9) Is up in cones for the mathematician (7).

Not the price of a bad elephant (5, 5).

Pluto seems well satisfied, oddly enough (10).

Dame still appears as a winner (9).

Answer, answer! (7) Heavy margin of defeat (7).

You know the green turns gold when a pound is dropped (7).

Did Pythagoras give a bean for it? (7.

I follow the Great Commoner in the

Gallery (5).

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Two prizes will be awarded : a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century ifictionar) and a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened after noon on August 2 and ,addressed: Crossword No. 844, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, is recommended for Crosswords.

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