7 MAY 1948, Page 27

" THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 476 [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 May 18th. 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 issue.]

ACROSS

1. The sort of letter that is largely used to express disapproval. (8.)

5. One who recovers things on a way 10. Not the habitat of Dickens' cricket. (5.) 11. Not all the American troops, how- ever, were in the cook-house. (9.) 12. Stevenson's character seems the opposite of 5. (7.) 14. Where sixpences are minted ? (7.) 15. Direct rest (snag.). (10.) 16. Star turn initially. (4.) 39. Fairly good stitchery ? (4.) 21. It makes Robin a goat. (10.) 24. French dance at last. (7.) 25. " Soon as the - shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale " (Addison). (7.) 26. What to do to shabby shoes, unless they're the other colour. (9.) 28. But one usually sits in it. (5.)

29. " There is none of you so mean and base That bath not noble - -- in your eyes " (Shakespeare). (6.)

30. Confused sermon about a small saint. (8.)

DOWN

1. With which James I made an un-

successful industrial experiment. 1. Poles distinguish them from their neighbours. (7.) 3. Has larks for a change. (8.) 4. Homer's land, perhaps. (3.) 6. Minerva. (6.) 7. Raleigh's " pretty daughters of the earth and sun." (7.) 8. To get something unpolished try us.

9. Bird with a shell or rep sic with feathers ? (10.) 13. One can't get lower than this. (4, 17. They might be made to see danger.

18. For woman motorists ? (8.) 20. " The Hunter of the East has caught The - Turret in a Noose of Light " (Omar Khayyam). (7.) 22. I am myself says Tate. (7.) 23. This man should mind his cues and keep his place. (6.) 24. First big opportunity for an inter- preter. (5.) 27. No Latin in the legation. (3.)