SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 916

ACROSS 1 First note in the record is useless (6).

4 Tone of voice otherwise distinguishes the sparrows (8).

10 Nine to five, eh? (7) 11 Poet's topsy-turvy expression (7).

12 Mute tangle is involved in the covering (10).

13 Miss Brown among the musketeers (4). 15 Turn of the wind (7).

17 There's nothing I can do, says this hanger-on (7).

19 'She is -, therefore must be lov'd' (Shakespeare) (7).

21 Wrongs no longer exist, it seems, when one uses force (7).

23 Just a moment, I don't know you (4).

24 Mineral out of this? Decidedly so (10).

27 One must go abroad here, possibly aboard (7).

28 Father takes the cards for a halfpenny (7).

29 'Tis ended when ordained thus (8).

30 Rum state (6). DOWN 1 Devotee at length (9).

2 Art aspires to embody an anagram (7).

3 Monarch is abjured to regard his mother with affection (4-6).

5 I search on for this flower, in Dresden possibly (5,4).

6 'Has she no faults then (- says), Sir?' (Pope) (4).

7 Jack reaches his objectives (7).

8 One gathers gold may be found here (5).

9 A double one is healthy (4).

14 Generally, he's not necessarily a scholar (10).

16 Are able to appear in a fanciful get-up (91.

18 Super-crib at Yale? (6, 3) 20 'The - suddenly bloom at her feet' (Belloc) (7).

22 My own, says Sandy, is encircled (7).

23 When 1 shall voice - how good he is' (Lovelace) (5).

25 Refuse to seize the feeding-stuff (4).

26 Herein you'll find the enthusiast inebriated (4).

Two prizes will be awarded: a cop) ot the De Luxe edition) at Chamber..., I wentoeth Century Dictionary and a book token for one guinea. Thee will be awarded to he sender: of the first two correct solution. (EPSOM itter noon or December I I and addressed: Crwsword No. 916 99 Gower St., London. WCI

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The winners o) Crossword No. 914 are: Ma. J. O'Dwzen, 28 P407,0 Drive, Dudley, Worcs., and MRS. SPEAR, 5 Woodland Terrace, Plynlo"

Solution on December 14 Solution to 914 on page 18