14 AUGUST 1953, Page 31

THE " SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 743

IA Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened after noon on Tuesday week, August 25th, addressed Crossword, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1. Envelopes must be received not later than first post that day and must bear the NUMBER of he puzzle and a 21d. 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. I go into the Infernal regions and that's all. (10.)

6. More titan enough. (4.) 10. Journey's end for many. (5.) 11. The erne of the single ? (9.) 12. He's definitely county, this sheriff. (8.) 13. Canter when unconscious. (6.) 15. " All the little emptiness of - (Brooke.) (4.)

16. It might erupt before turning. (4.)

17. Go fifty-fifty about the ape. (5.) 20, Motor-launch with q cargo of rough metal. (5.)

21. Cuttle's speciality. (4.)

22, An outstanding turn but Ill-mannered.

(4.)

24. Cut short the smile with It kiss. (6.) 26. She was, it seems, to end her trip. (8.)

29. " The .-'s wrong, the proud man's contumely." (Shakespeare.) (9.) 30. He was imprisoned in a cloven pine, (5.)

31. The maid of Astolat. (4.)

32. These blinds make snipe sneer. (10.;

Down

I. " Her eyes arc - of silent prayer." (Tennyson.) (5.)

2. He came out of the West. (9.)

3. The crickcting daughters of Zeus.

(6.) 4. Chastisement of the Joint ? (10.) 5. Three times as many as 3. (4.)

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A change of linen. (5.) Stevenson became one with the help

of a donkey. (9.)

" A livelier - twinkles in the grass."

(Tennyson.) (7.) Fortifications like the potter's products.

(10.) M.O. also L.D.W. (snag.) (5, 4.)

The Irishman stops and becomes a

Scot. (9.)

Everybody said yes '7 (7.)

16 in eruption to the south-cast, (6.) Force. (5.) Talk about the French I (5.)

Mrs. Ward's William. (4.)