THE "SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 675 [A Book Token for one
guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened after noon on Tuesday week, May 6th, addressed Crossword, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 21d. 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 14.
I. Remote aspect of small change. 5. Suit for a grave-digger. (6.) 9. Charles might have made sure finally. (8.) 10. Gilbert as versifier has nearly all mid- 19 day. (6.) 12. Cunningly contrived. (6.) 13. Stanley dwarfed among the mugs. (8.) 21 15. - Passion, Poison and - " (G.B.S.) 22 (12.) 25 18. Apparent conjunction of political labels under glass. (12.) 23. They might be found in fields. (8.) 24. A trifle poetic. (6.) 26, 27. A site in Bristol (anag.) (14.) 28. The end of the sonnet. (6.) 29. Suggesting a dearth of cosmetics in North America. (8.)
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1. It is what one sees at the front. (6.) 2. " There is a whose name is Death " (Longfellow.) (6.) 3. He might say how old the inn-keeper is. (7.) 4. We have intelligence in France. (4.) 6. " He fixed thee mid this dance of circumstance " (Browning.) (7.) 7. Mortality standard. (8.) 8. Prison for vocalists. (4, 4.) 11. Refreshing blows. (7.) (S.) 20 16.
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' The hedgehog - furti ely over the lawn " (Hardy.) (7.) Originator of the " no heel-taps " con- vention? (8.) " Sir Plume, of amber - justly vain " (Pope.) (8.) Red nose (anag.) (7.) Income to which incomes contribute. (7.) Run in broken traces. (6.) In his case a let is no hindrance. (6.) Watchman of some weight. (4.)
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