SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 866

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I It seems a tiresome gathering; ask Tommy Atkins! (7, 5) ° Nick Bottom, for example (9).

'The singing masons building — of gold' (Shakespeare) (5). I So backward among the heather (6). !I Does the producer thus advertise his costs? (4-4)

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See here, porter! (6) Add it and I get on (8).

5 I am in red for a drink (8).

..4 Something stirred down in here (6). I 'The Lost Leader'? (8) As the baby-sitter might say after a session (6).

Throw a line to the girl; she's got nothing on! (5)

Naturally; one doesn't expect it to rise I (9).

I Corsenere's disappointed comment at sea (5-2-5).

DOWN 1 The last person to draw a bow at a venture (7).

2 'When her mother — her before the laughing mirror' (Meredith) (5).

3 Fingers aren't enough, obviously, for this gifted horticulturist (9).

4 Gray found them rugged (4).

5 Anne puts the lid on a worm (8).

6 Wait, the sailor's lost his breeks! (5) 7 Nothing comes up to bran for animal diet (7).

8 I'm up in an easy way when I'm home (8).

14 Reds sank confused in the gloom (8).

16 Tough teams to represent the cavalry (9/.

17 What fills through a glass on an upturned motor (8).

18 Just the game for the halls of Dream- land! (7) 20 Celts addicted to sunbathing seemingly (7).

22 The noise of an old cab? (5) 24 Chesty and so she gets no kiss (5).

25 I'm just doubled up I

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res will be awarded: a copy of tlw De Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary book token for one guinea. They will he awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened alter noon on January 3 and addressed: Crossword No. 866, 99 Gower St., Loudon. WC( Aelnbers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, is recommended for Crosswords.