THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 563
[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, 7anuary 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 name of the winner will be published in the following tissue.]
ACROSS
1. It seems the right game for sowers. (8.)
8. Nor return in a cut of meat. (7.) 9. A bad dance ? (8.) .
10. Ill-met by moonlight. (7.) 12. Cooks and what arc cooked.' (6.) 13. " Reeking tube and iron - (Kipling). (5.) 17. Flavour in it one way, sting the other. (4.) 19. Lectures by chiropodists down- under ? (10.)
21. The jury's addition seenr.
ill- constructed. (10.) 22. Capital M and high. (4.) 25. Damozel's stars. (5.) 27. " Came the dawn." (6.) 29. See 24. (7.) 31. Celebrated Roman meeting-place. (8.) 32. Means to change his name. (7.) 33. Even the longest eventually comes to a stop. (8.)
DOWN
1. American analyst's cryptic election forecast? (10.) 2. He demanded speech from hands. (5.) 3. Brothers are confused about it. (6.) 4. The .morose do. (4.) 5. Alias " Aliena." (5.)
6. Get on and get crazy about it. (5.)
7. A capital hero of judgement. (S.) 10. John Dennis complained that his was stolen. (7.) 11. " What so false ? " asked Browning. (5.; 14. " Busy ? " he was asked ; " Just a bit," he replied. (7.) 15. Sung by Moussorgsky. (4.) 16. Poll-y. (10.)
18. No one in French. (4.)
20. " The hungry - look up and are not fed " (Milton). (5.) 23. Fish of the left perhaps. (6.) 24. A bad fellow who might 29. t5.) 25. It takes reams to make it. (5.) 26. " You shall digest the - of your spleen Though it do split you " (Shakespeare). (5.) 28. He painted a producer of 12. (5.) 30. " Madam, I do, as is my duty, Honour the shadow of your - tie (Butler). (4.)
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