"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD SECOND SERIES-No. 21

[A prize of a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked "Crossword Puzzle" and should be received not later than first post on Tuesday. 14 envelopes will be opened before noon on Tuesday. Solutions should be on the form appearing below. The name of the winner will be published in our next issue. Envelopes containing solutions must bear a three-halfpenny stamp, otherwise they are surcharged on delivery. Solutions from the U.S.A. cannot be accepted.] / 95 :6 !7 18 vA rA --- F. Jv 7 9 se/Km //hr A

10

r 'A

/ 2

r 7 r4

,

7 dr/ f la- A; / .

-W/73- v/

,

r /9 A20 /42/

/A /A

ACROSS 1. This military duty is not the same as dismissing the guard (8). 5. Love's nearly all the flavouring (6). 9. Their replies about a letter are far from straightfor- ward (8). to. Where the original "tough guys" came from (6). 1. Nice to eat, but bad to have (2 words) (8).

12. He is hidden in a crowded wardroom (6).

14. "But she is in her grave and oh The - to me" (to). 18. One might say there's much pottering about this place (2 words) ( o). 22. Not a little lozenge tree (6). 23. Cats go back to Addison's drama and that's nearly all one of them (8). 24. Chemist's version of a " Whopper " (6). 25. Fate sure shapes them for us (8).

26. "Just for a handful of he left us,' (6).

27. Deal shop transformed (8). DOWN

i."But all subsists by elemen- tal -, And passions are the elements of life" (6).

2. Sleep on relations (6).

3. Mr. Bennett speaks for all of us in the matter of weather (6).

4. Incomparable soldiers, in the view expressed by the song-writer (to).

6. Dairy pal makes stony (8).

7. The author of Sagesse (8).

8. An architectural feature with

which you can rend pals (8). 13. Meaning it's less trying?

(to).

15. Not much of a laugh (8).

16. Where the bad eggs go? (8).

17. It makes Ian sneer (8).

19. Nationally liable to dilu- tion (6).

20. "Look you here, Here is himself, -, as you see, with traitors" (6).

21. Code letter for a trifle (6).