23 JANUARY 1971, page 22

Crossword

No prize is offered this week. The solution will appear in next week's issue. The closing date for No. 1464 is amended to the Friday after the resumption of letter post. Result......

Auberon Waugh On New Novels

Mr Bone's Retreat Margaret Forster (Seeker and Warburg 38s) The reviewer's role has always seemed to me an essentially humble one, his relationship to the reading public rather......

12 Canalise 13 Yes-man 15 Acceding 18 Vani - Shed 19

Stream 21 Resisted 23 Braces 26 Inner 27 Rechabite 28 Twelfth Night. Down: 1 Can- nery 2 Bugle 3 Nationals 4 Trani 5 Alliance 6 Extra 7 Iceberg 8 Maritime 14 Singsong 1 6......