SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 883
ACROSS I There's no real solution to this (10). 6 This isn't the cry of this bird (4). 10 Scale of knots (5). 11 Tasty dish for Scarleit O'Hara (3-2-4). 12 Retaliation begins by getting the bird (3, 3, 3). 13 'Was it — of hand, Turn of head?' (Browning) (5) 14 It may be aimless but it often hits the mark (6-4). 16 The terrier who might be Sirius? (4) 18 Seize a plant found in a Sussex division (4). 20 Appropriate equipment for the ornitho- logical writer (5-5). 23 'Your — at our hearts we bear, Green fields of England, everywhere' (Clough) (5). 24 'A Don Quixote of eighteen' (9). 27 To pine in a surprising way (9). 28 Self-announced spell of an insect's life (5). 29 It's all on account of the drink! (4) 30 Draws attention to itself in varied sets (10). DOWN 1 Seaman allowed the fish to appear here (5). 2 Cattily, silently revealed (7). 3 Garlands might have appeared after- wards obsolete (8). 4 The animal doctor's partner? (5) 5 The sponger's activities (9). 7 This deer seems to be somewhat herma. phroditic (7). 8 Flowery warning apparatus on the broomstick? (5-4) 9 Meredith's answer (5). 14 Supposition rising in middle age en- riches (9). 15 No doubt it emerged from a sleeve of white samite (5-4). 17 Ultramarine, for example (8). 19 'Now droops the milk-white — like a ghost' (Tennyson) (7). 21 They might appear on Sinai, rather far from home (7). 22 Well-deserved order, evidently (5). 25 Steward who is concerned about night- fall (5). 26 Saint of stone in Huntingdonshire (5).
Two prizes will be awarded: a copy of the De Luxe edition of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a book token for one guinea. 'rliey will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened at noon on April 24 and addressed: Crossword No. 883, 99 Gower St., London, WCI
Chattiberes Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, is recommended fin. Crosswords.
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