SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 833

ACROSS

1 Is this muscle better than one? (6). 1 4 `Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, 2 Made by the joiner -' (Shakespeare) (8).

8 Ancient bird pecks among the ancients

(8). 5 10 Arachnid that awaits a cue (6).

12 After morning the Scotsman discovers riches less by a thousand (5).

13 Who goes there? (9).

14 Never a jam session now! (5).

16 Journey on which judgement will pro- perly be passed (9).

17 One of the twain that never shall meet, mathematically (9).

19 A tribe confused may get bit (5).

21 'Follow my leader,' as the diving schoolboy might have said (4, 5).

22 Forsaken a girl in the valley (5). 18

24 Finding's keeping in this case (6).

25 The dog's tail is most attractive! (8).

26 Italicised, maybe (8). 20 27 Now, about the City of London (6). 23

DOWN

The crowd rises from the matting (7).

Goldfinches en masse have certainly got ITI (5).

Can 1 ply the secret of Persuasion? (7).

'I am the very slave of circumstance And - borne away with every breath!' (Byron) (7).

Dan turned to find himself superfluous Crime in Cranley? (7).

Where one might expect to find la plume de ma tante (10).

Clearly the cargo must be declared thus (10).

`both God exact - light denied, I fondly ask' (Milton) (3-6).

A cheat's hidden beneath a loyal exterior (7).

Do they assist at railway auctions? (7).

There's everything in a gift for a gas-bag (7).

Test concerning a short gentleman (7). A bumper from a carouse (5).

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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 May 17 and addiessed: Crossword No. 833, 99 Gower St., London, W.C.1.

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

Solution on May 20 Solution to No 831 on page iii