"THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 503

[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 November 23rd. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 2fd. 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. One would hardly have expected them to have emerged from pigsty schools. (13.)

9. Tobacco for a whist-player. (9.) 10. London circle for exclusive travellers. (5.) 11. She would be explosive if, so to speak, she might (5.) 12. Earlier and profitable means of traffic control. (9.) 13. Enthusitotic. (7.) 15. Work leading to a city. (7.) 17. Stone of interpretation. (7.)

19. A junior associate of the Nine, one

might think. (7.) 21. No make-up used here, evidently.

(9.) 23. West Indian republic. (5.) 24. Taken aback I divide a bit. (5.)

25. " In the night - some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear " (Shakespeare). (9.) 26. Heard in the band, Dr. Spooner thought. (4, 2, 3, 4.)

DOWN

2. Fine alternative in time, some may find it. (5, 4.)

3. Shell that is white in Fonda. (5.)

4. A poet is involved in them. (7.)

5. " One that loved not wisely but too well." (7.)

6. Gelatinous Derby winner. (9.) 7. Empty tenement. (5.) 8. " My age is as a lusty winter, but kindly " (Shakespeare). (6.)

9. Sacked by Essex. (5.)

14. Unlike the situation in 26. (3, 2, 4.) 16. As recent history has shown, it may be very misleading to dictators. (9.) 17. Musical fluctuation or a tub, it might be. (6.)

18. It's largely a put-up affair. (7.) 19. It seems a dirty means of cleansing. (3, 4.) 20. He is always in the sewing circle. (5.) 22. Ben Ezra, maybe. (5.) 23. His silent " h " is at the end. (5.)