‘.‘ THE SPECrakIOR ". CROSSWORD No. 250 .. jA Book Token

for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, yamiary 4th. Envelopes should be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word • Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 23d. stamp. Solutions must be on 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.]

ACROSS

1. Privation in a teak vessel.

5. A Highland duck?

9. His overheads were his great anxiety.

to. " goeth all in white, Crowned with milk-white may." (R. Bridges.)

11. Make a start!

12. Masculine auction items.

14. Gild the lily, as it were, in Othello. 18. Quality of yes-men?

22. Continue to destroy.

23. Shady.

se. Descriptive of the laundress's taunts. 25. Picnic on the golf-links. (5, 3.) 26. Truth often is one.

27. Is Yale University built of this?

DOWN

s. The bricklayer's evidently visiting the-

lions.

2. This presses home the charge.

3. Not to be confused with see-saw.

4. I.e., any quilt (anag.).

6. It's the policeman as gets vitriol!

7. French standard.

8. Reginald's three points. '3. It sounds as if the caPtain had the crib for a dog.

15. The sting's in the tail.

s6. Harmoniously lassoed? (2, 6.)

17. " Heard - are sweet, but those un- heard are sweeter." (Keats.)

19. Approach.

20. It was made of oyster shells. 2t. " If you what? "