7 OCTOBER 1966, Page 25

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 1241

ACROSS.-1 Delves. 4 Abidance. 10 Booking. 11 Lobster. 12 Need. 13 Stay- at-home. 16 Intent. 17 Comets. 20 Diaries. 21 Heroic. 24 Bread-board. 25 Barm. 27 Clobber. 29 Default. 30 Stipends. 31 Barker.

DOWN .-1 Debonair. 2 Loosestrife. 3 Exit. 5 Ballyhoo. 6 Debutantes. 7 Nut. 8 Earned. 9 Agate. 14 Out for a duck. 15 Incredible. 18 Devoured. 19 Scimitar. 22 Abacus. 23 Pride 26 Offa. 28 Obi.