" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 463
[A Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week February 17th. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 21d. stamp. Solutions must be on the form below, and none can be accepted from the U.S.A. The solution and the mime of the winner Will be published in the following issue.]
ACROSS
1. Thef will not give you fits in 28 except, perhaps, of exasperation. 6. Of little account is he. (4.)
10. Here one requires the right number. 11. One changes in line in the Vatican records. (7.)
12. Scatter. (5.)
13. Lilac in fiction and quite superfluous just now. (9.) 14. Black on the wing, black and white on the board. (5.) 16. A couple follow the sea as a means of support. (9.)
18. Cat owner's comment, as the vet. does a slight operation, gives rise to ill-temper. (9.)
19. Position at sea of that which Tenny- son hoped might grow in darkness. 21. " 0 be less -, or be less brief ! "
(Watson). (9.) 24. A quantity short in mid-stream. (5.) 25. Cold comfort after a bit of India will provide information. (7.) 26. A festive meal she supplies, attractive to 6. (7.) 27. " Ah, let me make this lute immortal With rapture of my - and love " (Watson). (4.) 18. See 1. (5, 5.)
DOWN
1. Supporter. (7.) 2. Sole place for a sole except in the sea. (9.) 3. The essential point is in a broken ewer. (5.) 4. Rains cats and dogs-or their skins ? 5. Head of 26 and tail of 11 round the square. (9.) 7. Dog monument. (5.) 8. It's simply ghastly. (7.) 9. South American republic. (8.) 15. It's close, possibly. (8.) 16. A fellow if toes are broken. (9.) 17. Ena, old cat, becomes so full of yams.
18. " -, right or wrong ; Fools are my theme, let satire be my song " (Byron). (7.) 20, Art turned upside-dowa in mass pro- duction. (7.) 22. Ale for an accountant. (5.) 23. .His cross-roads were a scene of battle in the American Civil War. (5.) 24. Much about fifty. (5.)
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