SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,011

'Solution on October 10

ACROSS 1 A smile-on the face of the tortoiseshell? (6) 4 Nonsense is on the rise; ask the crammed (6, 2)

8 'Beside the - in the floods?' (William Morris) (8) 10 Vingt-et-rm is no game for him (6)

12 Venerated without publicity (5)

13 Flat out, the string-player sees to his instrument (4, 5)

14 Come round again about the dog (5)

16 Add to one's gardening tools perhaps (9) 17 It's apparent 1 belong (9)

19 A model puzzle (5) 21 Old welcome to liquor following the toast (5, 4) 22 'Time, you -' (Leigh Hunt) (5) 24 Hamlet was rather gushing in deploring his avoirdupois! (3-3) 25 Toss in the boat; one is so hot (8) 26 Jigger for the beach, rather tick- lish! (4-4) 27 'Willows whiten, quiver' (Tennyson) (6) DOWN

1 Paradoxically not every planner is one (7) 2 The bird that takes the cake? (5) 3 Does he wear a domino? (7) 5 Card trick? (7)

6 Prophets have a far look within (9)

7 Have a flutter here (7) 9 One has a seven-fold choice in coming to a conclusion (4, 2, 1, 3) 11 Not the rule of three (7, 3) 15 Foot trouble at San Michele? (9) 17 Old saint at Oxford (7) 18 Unearned increment for the park sweeper? (4-3) 19 The Welshman, it seems, likes his beer in baskets! (7) 20 Declines but joins up again (7)

23 The water-nymph loses a penny in the transformation (5)

A first prize of a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of a book token for one guinea will ho awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on Oct. 7. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1,011, 99 Gower St., London, WC1.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.

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