SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 836

4 Part of the hosemen's costume? (8).

9 Watch dispatched by rail (6).

10 Cat ruins these hangings) (8).

12 Was this the school of Constable? (8).

13 With this the writer gets ready for a swoop (6).

15 ' And that's what all the blessed -s for' (Browning) (4).

16 The lion proverbially would not take part in them (4, 6).

19 Study the broadcast MSS (10). • 20 Was this old ruler really ditched? (4).

23 This rebel takes the biscuit (6).

25 A shop in the red made good (8), 27 They are soon upset after a source of light (8).

28 Come back to it for junketing! (6).

29 The Song of Jolson (5, 3).

30 Taken aback by this? Definitely (6).

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7 8 11 14 17 18 19 21 22 24 26 3 2 5 6 DOWN Surely you can see the solution here')

A hundred to one he'll get in (9).

And - came on in fury' (Macau- lay) (6).

Little work gets on top of us (4). Short bet on the way to the wedding

Naive way 01 going up to the baths (5). ' His - and his cousins. Whom hi reckons up by dozens' (Gilbert) (7). Father and boy in a perfect combina. tion (7).

Waste time in making a pudding? (7). One of the things for which Dr. Routh advised verification (9).

Mona, I cry, in bitterness (8).

Drink also nicely mixed for the architect (7).

Bismarck's bloodless phrase? (7). Hasten to the scat of culture) (6). ' Today the - and his trouble Are ashes under Uricon ' (Housman) (5). North of the Tweed in a bit of gun- cotton (4).

Two prizes will he awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a book token for one guinea. They will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened after noon on June 7 and addressed: Crossword No. 836, 99 Gower St., London, WCI.