Crossword 1454

DAEDALUS

A prize of three guineas will be awarded for the first correct solution opened on 16 November. Address solutions: Crossword 1454, The Spec- tator, 99 Gower Street, London WCI

Across

1 All love by the pound in net game (6-4)

6 Sal's a girl worth seeking out (4) 10 Disapproval is noised against gold by a scholarly guide (5)

%It Common among motorists perhaps? (4-5)

12 Honourable gunners, mentioned twice with copper, lead one a merry dance (8) 13 King of Spain gets a boost we hear (6) 15 'And the.— raths outgrabe' (Carroll) (4) 16 Provisions of course at sea (4) 17 Cotton onto this: 50 on isolated place (5) 20 It made Mr Frith's day (5) 21 Bird-spotter neatly exposes an eagle (4) 22 Etruscan king (4) 24 I add pound to fast, going to seed (6) 26 Companions for rulers, no doubt (8) 29 Brobdingnagian portrait of Gulliver, for example? (9) 30 Dig about and discover lamentable song (5)

31 'When found make a --- of' (Donibey and Son) (4)

32 Mr Watt's energetic measure (5-5) Down

1 Act iv to take prophetic turn (5) 2 Night flight arrival (4,5) 3 A bit of maximuni-decibel abuse? (6)

4 Heed a beard for it may belie one so un- covered (10) 5 Behold! The year of our Lord is such a burden (4) 7 Just for the record it's a twelvemonth (5)

8 It's no state for a dreamer to be in (9) 9 Snake-stop on the road? (7)

14 There are no suits but birthday ones for these never-to-be-forgotten Chaps (4-6) 15 The dealer's a pig when it comes to sport (9)

18 Mr Gummidge's profession (9)

19 Ballads prefaced by Woid-sworth (7) 23 Keep things -tick-ing- over having got the element of :fear (4,-2) 25 Ten on this piece is one too many looking back on it (5) 27 'The crawling glaciers pierce me with the —s of their moon-freezing crystals . (Shelley) (5) 28 I play the game (4) Solution and winner on 21 Niivember Solution to Crossword 1452. Across': 1 Moscow 4 Brackets 10 Cluster. 11. Charlus _12 Ears 13 Hypotenuse 16 Ermine 17 Deserts 20 Caveman 21 In vain 24 Master plan 25 Parr 27 Animate 29 Roaring 30 Espresso 21 Severe. Down: I Mackerel 2 Square meals 3 Oats 5 Reckoner 6 Chameleons 7 Ell 8 Sister 9 Brays 14 Ultra- marine 15 Inveterate 18 Lampreys 19 Intrigue

22 Impale 23 Hairy 26 Late.

Winner: Ws H. Yool, Dawney Hill Cottage, Pirbright. Surrey.