SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,015
ACROSS
1 A rotten mixture, but beloved of
• the gardener (7) 5 Man has almost to cheat to get bread (7),
9 Loose bed-cover, provided by 1 perhaps (5)
10 Sounds like the teetotaller's compromise (4-5) 11 The car for a jaunt has the low- down (6)
12 Sailors love the old instrument, it's certain (8)
14 It's worthwhile for the girl to come back (5) 15 Sound-proofing is superfluous in their establishments (9)
18 You have to face it in the end (9) 2,0 Race in,a swoon? (5)
22 In favour of the written word at length (8). 24 Uncle A. wriggling on the beach (6) 26 Not that the compositor who uses it is necessarily bald! (4-5) 27 Nevertheless, the piper works hard to produce it (5) 28 Meditate about a kinsman in Cambridgeshire? (7) 29 Left at the finish ? (7) DOWN 1 It is subject to minute recording ' (9) 2 Folded stole in manuscript (7) 3 Ado in ship when snakes are discovered (9) 4 'That old common arbitrator ' (Shakespeare) (4) 5 Factory directors should be stout! (10) 6 No good in Poona in the old days (5) 7 To get to the other side? (3-4) 8 It's good for a laugh (5)
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 November 4. Address solutions : Crossword No. 1,015, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.
Solution on November 7
13 'Housemaster' maybe (5-5)
16 Extol the accourftant, or he may be irritated (4-5)
17 The keeper or his charges? (9) 19 They have countless strings to their bowsl (7) 21 Dogberry's failure to arrive? (7) 22 Last words with a laugh (5) 23 Donkey in the Sappers? But it's a small civet! (5) 25 The gardener's lot (4)
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