SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1056 Solution on Oct. 9
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1 Very superior person, sic encom- passed (10) 6 They were brought to Solomon With ivory and peacocks (4) 10 Though utterly weary, nobody has been dismissed (3, 2)
Pluto had fun, somewhat osten- tatiously (9)
12 Table-land should be their natural habitat (8) 13 Temporary dwelling with us in , the grounds (6) '5 Some — inglorious Milton
here may rest' (Gray) (4)
16 It cuts a dash! (4) ,„17 A bookish bird (5) ,40 The Man of Distinction (5) 41 He's equal to one joule per , second (4) 42 Disfigures the god? (4) 224
It may be a trail on the ranch (6) 6 Is it often spent in leather-hunting? 0-3) 29 Doctor gets no diagram for the treatise (9) 30 The girl with plenty stowed about her (5) 31 'Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's —' (Shakespeare) (4) 32 Humorous picklers? (10) DOWN 1 Body of allies? (5) 2 How to get fortune from a hand- out ? (9) 3 Expire? A batsman might at that! (3, 3) 4 Strangely assorted pairs? (10) 5 Split second in a passing month (4) 7 A rise? You must settle the arrears! (3, 2) 8 Dancer takes evasive action (9)
9 with the danger' (Dryden) (7)
14 Do they go to Blackpool to do this? (10) 15 The chap in the advertising boards (9) 18 Organised in imposing style (9) 19 'Blot out, correct, insert, refine, —, diminish, interline' (Swift) (7) 23 It takes this to make a quarrel? (6) 25 One can be elevated or reduced to them (5) 27 Poet as yet concealed (5) 28 Salmon for a king (4)
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A first prize of a copy of Clutmbers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of 4 book token for one guinea will be awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions boened on Oct. 6. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1056, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.
Chumbers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.
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