THE "SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 706 1 .4 Book Token for one
guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution opened after noon on Tuesday week, December 9th, addressed Crossword, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1. Envelopes must be received not later than first Past that day and must bear the NUMBER of the 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 mill be published in the following issue.]
Across
1. continue to write round more docile stories. (10.)
6. Equipment for a Particular and merci- ful lady. (4.) 9. "His intimate friends called him -." (Carroll.) (6. 4.) 10. 26. Ten-fold in the case of Galahad. (8.) 12. This creature drinks backwards. (4.) 13. Help turns to clans. (9.) 15. Pa trains a beginner. (8.) 16. Can one take part in such singing ? (6.) 18. Redskin's sauce. (6.) 20. He gets the pick. (8.) 23. They live in capital surroundings. (9.) 24. Paradoxically even gamblers use them. (4.) 26. See 10.
27. Dues I limit. (Anas.) (10.) 28. Worn by Billy on a fatal occasion. (4.) 29. Pools likely to disturb the nervous golfer. (5, 5.)
Down
1. This sprite has a rough time on the rink. (4.) 2. The train for eternity. (3, 4.) 3 Apt and gives artful alt. (12.) 4. Writing such words one must make 'em end in G. (8.) 5. Familiarthill in lake-land. (3, 3.)
7. Bcsant I meet here (7.)
S. Mixed sale in the food-store. (10.) 11. To be got in a finishing school in Paris, no doubt. (6. 6.) 14. Lass wanted in these dreary places. (5, 5.) 17. It's fine round half Australia. (8.) 19. This record isn't written as 'quickly as is suggested. (7.) 21. The badge of the Mavericks. (3. 4.) 22. It shows me with a twisted tail. (6.) 25. "Murmuring of innumerable -." (Tennyson.) (4.)