SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 942

ACROSS

1 Was this fictional character's motto, 'Ws easy as shelling peas'? (7) 5 With Hudson it was also far away (4, 3).

9. After the heart of the apple, the composer turns ill (7).

10 A duck of a hat, it sounds (7).

11 Come on, Mal (10)

12 Did he provide the conversation in the ark? (4) 13 It's the end of many a Pole! (3)

14 Where the gas-globes go, it seems (11). 17 HoStilities before marriage? (1 1)

19 `Merrily sang the monks in —' (3).

20 Epidermic concealment (4).

22 A nice short change (10).

26 R.S.V.P.-ed, so to speak (7).

27 Father very short of poppies (7).

28 'Sphere-born harmonious —, Voice and Verse' (Milton) (7).

29 Evidently it isn't the liftman who comes forward (5, 2). DOWN 1 Soldiers' burdens sound like peace (5).

2 Daring about knowledge is shadowy (9).

3 The bean of Pythagoras (7).

4 Quiet, isn't it, this colour? (5) 5 He wouldn't have opposed votes for women ! (6, 3) 6 Resort of the very particular? (4)

7 Celia's new make-up (5).

8 It might appear as very hot (9). 13 Whose calendar was Clare's? (9) 15 You chaps approach the fatal date (9).

16 Choose the Cornish saint in U.S.A. (9).

18 It can't greatly weigh down the conscience (7).

21 If 23 were these, fears might be liars (5).

23 See 21 (5).

24 Smollett's character in the harness-room (5).

25 Is this what makes the cheese so strong? (4)

Two prizes will be 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 11 and addressed: Crossword No. 942, 99 Cower St., London, WCI.

Chambers"s Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, is recommended for Crosswords. Solutim on June 14 Solution to No. )40 on page 732

The winners of Crossward No.940 are: MRS. ARMSTRONG, KildrCSS House, Cookstown, N. Ireland, and Da. D. G. SHIELDS, WrOXilt1111, Norfolk.