SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,013
ACROSS
1 Discuss what the beginner had for a meal? (6)
4 Pilfering—among the incunabula ? (8) 8 Controllers evidently no longer in their teens (8) 10 Long exposure produces a paint (6) 12 Hark to the pianist! (5) 13 Saplings should come ... (4, 5)
14 She's no stay-at-home (5) 16 Are the directors 'screened'? (9)
17 Bearing the parson's name and address, perhaps! (3-6)
19 'Thou who hag the — gift of beauty' (Byron) (5) 21 Rode round the Marshal a bit too often (9)
22 True to one thousand (5) 24 Not the kind of trick for a Smart Alick; or is it? (6) 25 The egg-head's operative adjec- tive? (8) 26 Whence to observe the dawn in New York (4, 4) 27 'I have been faithful to thee, —, in my fashion' (Dowson) (6) DOWN 1 Cheeky little attractions (7) 2 He produces a rattling good rhythm (5)
3 In snug fashion (7) 5 Just the thing for the rabbits' Christmas party (4-3) 6 In America the traveller should get the 'nite' train! (9)
7 Down to earth (7) 9 Relay sound for dances (10)
11 This might be rocked by a chestnut-collector! (4-6)
A first prize of a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of a book token for one guinea will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on Oct. 21. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1,013, 99 Gower St., Loudon, WCI,
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords. , Solution on October 24 15 They are thoughtful chaps (9) 17 He'd ices (anag.) (7) 18 Book for road travel here (7) 19 Jolly in Fairyland? (7) 20 Plate layer? (7)
23 Trunk line to the heart (5)
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