26 JUNE 1953, Page 31

THE "SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 736

IA Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened atter noon on Tuesday week, July 7th, addressed Crossword, and bearing NUMBER of the puzzle to 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1.1

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" The last of all the - was he Who eung of Border chivalry. (Scott) (5.) Newspapers get down to their job. (7.) Might one in time save them quicker than a stitch ? (8.) Padre with a hang-over. (5.) 5. Sherwood', lighting men. (9.) 7. Puss 'e bolted from a freebooter. (7.)

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Disgusted as the result of an encounter with a salamander 7 (7, 3.) This cloud largely chewed. (4.) It's quiet here in bent iron.. (5.) Cobra coiled with a malady. (9.) Advice to Rip van Winkle. (9.) Winks for thieves. (5.) Is Aunt Enid disguised ? (10.) Against If it turns. (4.) Jug of a literary uncle. (4.) Screen Dido (anna.). (10.) " For Charles King of England, and Rupert of the -." (Macaulay) (5.) Contorted prude swallows joint which was ill-gotten. (9.) " - forgets a dying king." (Tenny- son) (9.) What I hand out is much pursued. (5.) Whist for a vocalist. (4.) One might expect to have little time in them. (5, 5.)

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26. " w ty do you sit shirting 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow ? " (Gilbert) (5, 4.) Sailor in the stern. (5.) Bury an East European upside down. (9.) Hiram's mop doesn't crystallize. (10.) It's simply idiotic. (9.) Fashion goes west. (7.) Our dean makes verse. (7.) He gets something at auction. (5.) " I fetch my life and being from men of - siege." (Shakespeare) (5.) Most people arc familiar with this family's doings. (5.)