SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1060
ACROSS I Melodious sales talk ? (12) 9 So a dull reel might be distin- guished (9)
10 Extracts from The 7'imes? (5)
11 They are at the receiving end! (6) 12 Is a tenet cordial? (8) 13 No robe for a fairy (6) 15 Obviously no juvenile delinquents among the geese! (8) 18 Platonic aspect of Brahms's Festival Overture (8) 19 Loader might submit to trial (6) 21 They are all ears when overseeing the accounts (8) 23 Father might be so fond in settling his daughter's dowry (6) 26 Carnivorous paravane (5) 27 Mrs. Diggory Venn comes to an indefinite end (9) 28 Street of the sempstresses (12) DOWN 1 The nymph from the West Indies (7) 2 A matter of considerable interest (5) 3 Yonder's the warning, of course, indicated in a triangle (9) 4 Intricate lure (4) 5 What a dull menul (8) 6 These should be kept carefully filed (5) 7 Wares of a ghostly barrow-girl (7) 8 Signal that the first race is about to begin? Phew? (4-4) 14 Posh description of a Manx cat (8) 16 Long for a drink ? How about this? (4, 2, 3) 17 The girl on the little jetty? (8) 18 Mr. France? (7) 20 Silencer in a sledge for baggage (7)
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 Nov. 3. Address solutions: Crossword No, 1060,99 Gower St., London, WC1.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.
Solution on Nov. 6
22 'A bright and a casement ope at night' (Keats) (5) 24 Hederated, 1 struggled (5) 25 Mrs. Arabin was doubly so when she slapped Mr. Slope! (4)
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