SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 886

ACROSS 1 'And that one - which is death to hide' (Milton) (6).

4 Although the poor usher was in debt, he was genial (8).

9 The tongue of a shoe (6).

10 The author of I could cut this from a rock, according to Dr. Johnson (8).

12 'Horribly stuffed with - of war' (Shakespeare) (8).

13 Vie in the way of stealing (6).

15 Crystal-gazer discovers the weight (4).

16 It makes its first halt its second (5-5).

19 Only one of these should be burned (6-4).

20 Jack takes the cake with this (4).

23 The dawn chorus of the dawn chorus (6).

25 Proverb about laments is very cutting (8).

27 The elk gets a talking-to way out West (5, 3).

28 'but his clear - yet reigns o'er earth' (Shelley) (6).

29 Cheat the small type of flatterer and so get control (8).

30 When ,they make a lapsus linguae it's forked (6).

DOWN 1 Matthew Arnold's memory pills? (7) 2 Hardy heroine carries a nice load (9).

3 Hot gun represents nothing at all (6).

5 Gilbertian figure is sore confused (4).

6 The escapist's favourite architectural feature? (8) 7 Wet us a vast expanse of water (5).

8 All tressed up for dinner? (7) 11 Giants in the gymnasium (7). , 14 The Lady of Shalott was half-sick of these (7).

17 Official wand of Midas (9).

18 It might be a bugle, Don (8).

19 Medical (anag.) (7).

21 Uncles of the braves? (7) 22 Actors in home-spun (6).

24 Stick it for bewitched aviation (5). 26 Puss gets a duck (4).

Two prizes will he awarded: a copy of the On Luxe edition or Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionar) and a book token for one guinea. They will he awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened alter noun on May 15 and a,..dressed: Crossword No. 886, 90 Gower St., London, WCI

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary. New Version, is recommended for Crosswords.