" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 260 1.; Book Token

for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, och 14th. Envelopes should be received nor later than first post that day and m..,1 bear the word "Crossword," the NUMBER of the puzzle and a 2}d. stomp.

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ACROSS

1. No doubt they address each other as

" ad Bean " when they do so. (9.) 6. Highly polished companion. (5.) 9. He often ruffled Sir Raffle Bugle. (5.) ic. Wanted-a donkey in a hurry. (9.) II. A sound fellow, but he shouldn't act

in his own interest. (9.)

12. A brogue one can't wear. (5.)

13. A drink for a picnic on the sward. (4.) 14. A confused lane round the hostelry. (7.) 18. The sun naturally turns its back on the entrance to this. (7.) 20. Now waves the cypress in the palace --." (Tennyson.) (4.)-

23. The dove once volunteered to sing one. (5.)

25. Taut tribe. (Anag.) (9.) 26. An honest watering-place it (9.) 27. Shady card-game. (5.)

es b. His writing isn't as " clear as mud." (5.) 29. But even rashers should be cut thus these days. (9.)

DOWN

1. " Thou, Thou art Being and

And what Thou art may never be de- stroyed." (E. Brontë.) (6.) 2 There is none, said Shirley, against Fate. (6.) 3. A shy snipe. (Anag.) (9.)

4. Many a misfit has been. (7.)

3d 5 It sounds like a bit of orchestral music.

(7.)

6 But where is the motor? (5.)

LIC 7• Tell in an afterthought. (8.) sounds. 8. He isn't found among one's in-laws, necessarily. (8.)

15. I pull Nero out of this. (9.) t6. Evidently the tryst wasn't arranged by a woman. (8.)

17. Inherited cotton mill? (8.) 29. " and unhail'd The flitteth

silkc n -sail'd." (Tennyson.) (7.) zo. British engineer in the guise of a

French water colourist. (7.) t. Poor fish, that's flat. (6.) 22. Her " yes " might be to the man she refused. (6.) 24. " And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper (Milton.) (5.)