4 , tHE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 86 ;sine of a Book

Token for one guinea will be given to the sender of the fires re.r solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marks,.' with the words "Crossword Puzzle" and the number of the puzzle, and' should be received not later than first post on Tuesday week. No envelopes will Fr °poled before noon on Tuesday. Solutions should be on the form appearing The name of the winner and the solution will b; published in the follow- iss:a. Envelopes containing solutions must bear a 21d. stamp, otherwise they s,,charged on delivery. Solutions from the U.S.A. cannot be accepted.)

ACROSS

1. Very much how one feels when the umpire says '` out " (3 words) (3, 2, 4).

c. " Too - for the solemn things they are, Too solemn for the - touches in them." (Tennyson) (5).

S. The Spanish gentleman has changed his nationality (5). 9. Ian after a fresh weight (9). it. No doubt the Underground

engineers do from time to time (2 words) (4, 5). 12. Broken plate (5). 13. It had an extremely cele- brated swan (4).

14. They at least are entitled to say " You've got nothing on us " (9). I. It suggests suitable outside treatment for a livestock book (9).

11. Associated with a collar or a horse-Collar (4).

23. In other words a washout of the last war (5).

25. Such things are taken on trust (9).

27, This spirit is definitely not in Father (9).

29. Father round the • edge (5). 29. Given the right direction a fellow will reach the house

(5).

3c Surprising source of bold verse (9).

DOWN

I. Not the songsters to help the fisherman (5).

2. It does give one a start so to sPeak (9).

3. Traditiond Sunday school entertainments (6). •

4. If colloquially missed, it's generally shorter (7). 5. He simply rakes in the money (8).

6. I enter the majority but not to get dry (5).

7. What happened to the man who fell into the water at Suez? (9).

to. There should be very little now (5).

13. The membership here is not, however, confined to Greeks (9).

15. Swum into by a new planet according to Keats (3).

16. Cat is zero out of this (9).

17. Out of date (8).

19. Not suitable as a suit may be (5).

20. Lie mixed up with fourpence (7).

22. The major who defeated Hannibal (6).

24. What to do with a feather- duster (5).

26. The old are full of them (5).