SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 981

ACROSS 1 From Our Aeronautical Cor- respondent, perhaps (6, 6).

9 Has toucan developed spines? (9)

10 The craft of the draughtsman (5).

11 If you want a change of cash, see Pat (6).

12 Co-boarder (4.4).

13 Corsets forward please! (4-2) 15 First fasten pleats, then you'll get pounds! (8)

18 Indulged in a deep pram (8).

19 Alternative crossing on the East Coast (6).

21 Turn back for purse to get hose for wear in church (8).

23 One is able to identify this scholar (6).

26 Oiler overturned in the river (5). 27 Tacit visa has an ancestral air (9).

28 It's bound to stick (8, 4).

DOWN

1 The girl who gets into a tizzy (7).

2 'I am that which began, Out of me the - roll' (Swinburne) (5).

3 When a `no' to them who call is appropriate (3, 2, 4).

4 With which one expects change at the butcher's (4).

5 Silent change in what an eaves- dropper does (6, 2).

6 It's a long way for fighter (5).

7 The poor dog gets skilled attend- ants, so he frolics! (7)

8 Toiling a stone-cutter may pro- duce it (8).

14 So Elia's dream-children might have been (8). a classical

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 11. Address solutions: Crossword No. 981, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords. Solution on March 14

16 Defensive outpost for a girl in Wonderland? (9)

17 Vandyke perhaps? (8)

18 Tiresome little things in the briny (7).

20 Collapse of a lace bed (7). 22 I love to study, she says (5).

24 Spenser's plant is four-leaved presumably (5).

25 I'm one who lacks the instincts of a gentleman, says this judge! (4)

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