THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 602 IA Book Token
for one glance will be awarded to the sender of the first correct al:client of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, December 5th. Envelopes must be received not later than first pose that day and must bear the word " Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 21d. stamp. SOiltflOrtS must be on the form below, and none can he accepted from the U.S.A. The solution and the name of the winner will be published in the following issue.]
ACROSS •
1. They should know the ropes and, on balance prove successful. (12.) 8. The threat to the Matterhorn. (9.) 9. Thanks to the wreck of an old houseboat it's an otter. (5.) 11. He might loiter for a change. (6.) 12. It gives things a finish. (8.) 14. The cool gin is in this. (10.) 16. Hot water it seems. (4.) 18. Everyone does at times. (4.) 19. She swallows fruit and adds small advertisements. (10.) 21. So let it be in order though out of date. (8.) 22. "Aching Pleasure nigh, TurninF to - while the bee-mouth sips" (Keats). (6.) 25. Cheerless. (5.) 26. Leo's in a [Me mix-up finding this old beast. (9.) 27. Choose or turn to the crumpled petal. (12.)
DOWN
1. Nun that is getting bored. (5.) 2. His cabin wasn't in a ship. (5, 3.) 3. "Now folds the - all her sweet- ness up " (Tennyson). (4.) 4. A place of refreshment with a dis- guised medical following. (10.) 5. When the Bredon lovers would come to church. (2, 4.) 6. Was this the creature with a taste for curds and whey ? (9.) 7. If the label is so confidential there's no knowing what one may hear. (3, 3, 6.) 10. Laundry lands without discrimina- tion. (3. 3. 6.) 13. In the opportunities of today he may pool his resources without showing them. (10.) 15. Nevertheless a soft-boiled egg has one. (4, 5.)
17. The broken road, nothing in it. (8.) 20. Described at Rome by Matthew Arnold. (8.1
23. Scolding material among the over- heads. (5.) 24. In the field he should not make himself. (4.)
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