THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 316

[A Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, April Toth. Envelopes should be received not later than first post that day and must bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a aid. 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 will be published in the following issue.] ACROSS i. A lilac cur. (Anag.) (9.)

6. An opening for chickens. (5.) 9. Ointment. (9.)

so. "Listen and appear to us, In name

of great ." (Milton.) (7.) IT. A little addition. (3.)

12. The Jolly who was "simply stiper."

14. Sea short of a bean. (5.)

15. Small change at Scotland Yard. 17. Hopeful signs. (7.) 20. Gantry. (5.) 22. He might be a rich man if his col- lection were modern. (11.)

24. Land in the Shires. (3.) 25. "We are dancing upon a (de Sulvandy.)

27. This doesn't make the ship any shorter. (7.)

28. Endures, - to the ends? (5.) 29. They are bound to cure. (9.)

DOWN

i. Is crabbed age one of these? (9.)

2. A willing person. (5.) 3. These are, so to speak, printed before they arc written. (n.) 4. A title I get from her. (7.) 5. The stage pagoda girl. (5.) 6. Cry with it sometimes. (3.) 7. The reward of survival. (7.) S. Speed hates a change. (5.)

(7.)

13. The members of Dickens's "United Bulldogs." (ii.) t6. Guests rat. (Anag.) (9.) 18. Cloudy heap. (7.)

19. Cheat. (7.)

21. A star marketer? (7.)

22. Mine was Lytton's. (5.)

23. "When I shall voice how good He is, how great should be." (Lovelace.) (5.) 26. The law in the opinion of Mr. Bumble. (3.)