SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 956

ACROSS 1 Do both our pens write this word? (13)

9 Dairy product award won by Blossom (9).

10 'Under yonder — tree, single on the greens-

ward' (Meredith) (5).

11 Orthographically, it's poor grain (5).

12 Just the fellow who is astride (9).

13 Essential for fuel end (7).

15 It's got a case, or, equally, it hasn't (7).

17 Say more about the dirt; is it to be wondered at? (7)

19 Takes up again shortly (7). 21 Concerning 9 across? (9)

23 Anne's gone back (5).

24 Musical-box for a sailor? (5) 25 No dissenters represented here (9).

26 Relatives of authority (5, 8). DOWN

2 Coming in this way with a smile? (2, 3, 4) 3 Waste product (5).

4 Stony outlook here for weather prophets (7).

5 'Drows'd with the fume of —' (Keats) (7).

6 Remits bet, with angostura, perhaps (9).

7 I love to study, says the nymph (5).

8 The Hunt Cup might be appropriately so decorated (6).

9 'There's a funny little — you're supposed to wash your face in' (Old Possum) (5). .

14 Old picture of Roy F. Peter (10).

16 This fish provides its own garnish (5-4).

17 A beard that needs to wear off (6).

18 'Not a mouse shall — this hallow'd house.' (Shakespeare) (7).

19 Rush to discover the crazy season (7).

20 Teams up in photographs (5).

22 Let be, for one to chew on (5).

23 Say, it has an old-fashioned appearance (5).

Two prizes will be awarded: a copy of the Do 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 at noon on September 17 and addressed: Crossword No. 956, 99 Gower St., London, WC1

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

Solution on September 20 Solution to No. 954 on page 319

The winners of Crossword No. 954 are: SIR ARCHIBALD GORDON, 115 Gloucester Place, London, WI, and MAJOR D. D. W. BROUSSON, WRAC. Swan House, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent.