SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1091
ACROSS 1 '— for the Parson, 'Batty for the Clerk' (Kipling) (6) 4 Where to see the stage cyclist on board ? (8)
8 How a lion gardant appears (4-4) 10 Rodent in a pastry-case (6)
12 He has lost a lot (5) 13 It's nothing to them (9) 14 The jockey puts these skids on (5) 16 Rod in sand for aspirants (9) 17 Able Seaman, perhaps? (9) 19 A clubby club (5) 21 Is it a mare? (anag.) (9) 22 Found among the plaudits of the crowd (5) 24 'By many a — half as old as Time' (Rogers) (6) 25 How the guests in Omar Khay- y8)am were scattered on the grass? ( 26 Is it possible for the Ram to go here? (8) 27 Secret for sure (6) DOWN again' (Browning) (7) `To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, And, —, get up and begin Wrestler in a state of complete 2 exhaustion? (3, 2) Experts in puddings? Not so 3 expert, however! (7) Central heating is off in the old
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castle, apparently (7) Not, alas, in Nature's endowment 6 of five (4, 5) Do skittle-players consume them 7 when famished? (7) 9 The ardent race-goer, perhaps, though complacent (10) Entertainment where Tante hands 11 out refreshment? (3, 7)
A first prize of a book token for one guinea and a second prize of a book token for fifteen shillingswill be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on June 7. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1091, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.
Solution on June 10
15 Hut-dweller given to song? (9) 17 Chic to a degree if untidy (7) 18 He should be at home in 24 (7)
19 A proper beard! (7)
20 'My precious Lily' was an im- perial one of these (7) 23 Does the call-up boy get the wind-up at this? (5)
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