SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 958

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.t was in short the work-hour for the mathe- matician (6). 9 iu8leader ? Plu it! (8) Fifty-one in a hug ndredth part for the cus-

10 virtuous .

12 Thee vir(tu6)ous word interrupts the vaccinator (8). inevitable choice of soup for the wardens' dinner (3, 5).

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is Does the king appear with no clothes on? (6) `What, is it you, you —! I'll have a frisk with You' (Johnson) (4).

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pecorne a demonstrative lover, so helpless (4, 6). Looks almost the perfect friend in a fatherly 20 yr'e has y embarrassing mbarrassing to be on it except for the red (4).

23 p 2s renal writer gets on but needs a wash (6). Sad peace in an adventure (8).

2; Insects of twelve weeks perhaps (8). riere's epecteda! (s6upable woolly bed' if triplets are 41 'And I will do it in King — vein' (Shakespeare) (8). 30 Drones made a terrible noise (6).

DOWN Alternative fate after the forest fire? (7) No weight at the rear that one can see (4, 5).

Broken lament (6).

Get a glimpse of the height, it seems (4).

NUR on the move evidently (8).

Conclude in a finer way (5).

Department that needs re-doing (7).

'Something childish but very —', Coleridge wrote (7).

It seems that Anna is an enemy to the truth; investigate it (7).

Does he perform to the accompaniment of 'The

Water Music'? (3, 6) VIP treatment (8).

Some body in the national set-up (7).

The doctor was entertaining it appears (7).

'There mark what ills the scholar's life assail,

Toil, envy, want, the —, and the jail' (Johnson) (6).

A bit of music from Barrie? (5) Give up in the hope of germination? (4) 1 2

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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. They will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened at noon on October 1 and addressed: Crossword No. 958, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, New Version, Is recommended for Crosswords

"iek ",f, Solution on October 4 Solution to No. 957 on page 379 The winners of Crossword No. 956 are: Da. Y. PRIEM, Penstowe, Ilude. Cornwall, and MRS. MALLINSON Flemings Farm. Wickford, Essex.