SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,033

ACROSS 29

1 Not that the inhabitants of

Slough are so! (10) 30 6 A cheeky fellow (4) 10 The kind of father who faces both 31 ways? (5) 11 'On - hooves his war-horse 32 trodc' (Tennyson) (9) 12 Invitation and response to join in the chorus? (8) 13 Manors in ruins need cash (6) 1 15 Very smart the Corporal (4) 2

16 The nameless one in short (4)

17 Something tricky about the rock 3 (5) 20 But what is it when one is coming 4 downstairs? (5) 5 21 The little marksman comes back aggrieved (4) 7 22 have I had thee, as a dream 8 doth flatter' (Shakespeare) (4)

24 How to serve Baba? (6) 9 26 Effective aids for chignons? (8)

Not the Brewster Sessions, how- ever (9) Musically I follow an interval, says he (5) And - remembered is grief forgotten' (Swinburne) (4) Does it mean that April comes too soon for the troops? (5, 5) DOWN Cuts down those weeds (5) Examples of a haberdasher's half- dozen? (9) Worship of the commanding

officer? (6)

They are mere beginners (10) Not one leatherneck in sight as usual (4) Forbidding laughs (5) I'm abandoned when triangular crowns are needed (9)

They give very mixed parties on board! (7)

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 March 10. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1,033, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.

Solution on March 13 14 Italicised no doubt, the citizen comes up very matter-of-fact (10)

15 What's the matter, nag? She could telll (9)

18 Of rich value when transported (9) 19 Censure under the counter? (7)

23 Moll's a starter in the ski-race (6) • 25 Bonnetless cab but not out of order, it's evident (5) 27 Notes of a verse (5) 28 It always occurs in Bantu tutelage (4)