tt THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 268 (A Book Token
for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct rchawn of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, Sin 9th. Envelopes should be received not later than first post that day and mu5t bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 21d. stamp. Scluzions must be on the form below, and none can be accepted from the U.S.A. The solution and the mane of the winner wil be published in the following issue.]
ACROSS
T. Stem old lady. (9.)
3 6. " This is a the to." (R. Browning.) 9. Such a bridge result as one might expect in the drawing-room. (5, 4.) o. "She speaks: 0, speak again, bright (Shakespeare.) (6.) 2. A hundred and fifty ifs. (5.) 3. Host who was never worried by rationing. (9.) Moore had conversations in this street. (5.) . Professor Picard? (9.)
ly . It doesn't sound the sort of material III of which to build a prison. (9.) Kipling described them movin' up IS and down again. (5.)
. Arab in Shropshire must find things tsPsy-turvY. (9.) . Too few bells for Dickens. (5.) . This gannet should be easily trapped. (5.) . Hormone and a liner wrecked in it. 11H (9.) • A nasal nocturne. (5.) The sort of man likely to " cash in " on any situation.
DOWN
. Fifth of it won the Derby. (5.)
. Arc we torn in this? (5, 4.)
Seaweed. (4.) An escalator is always provided with one. (9, 6.) . Bird clung 7. This is included in a pun I com- pounded. (5.) 8. Resolution is often rivalled by this. (9.) is. Nurses make a mash. (5.) 15. Carbon or a rinxture. (9.) 17. Translation of Richard. (9.)
18. Conqueror's posture. (5.) 22. A light colour. (5.)
24. Principal state? (5.) 25. No doubt this is the usurer's real interest. (4.)
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