4 SEPTEMBER 1964, Page 34

SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1134

ACROSS 1. Twice Christopher the tinker returns for the bookish old girls (6) 4; Brewster was a man of these (8) 10. Keep back everything, just in case (7) 11. Marie comes back quite sick at heart (7) 12. A bit over-red? (4) 13. Sing about an affair that's quite superficial? (10) 16. Golfing songs (6) 17. A royal governess gets a setback in the matter of revenue (7) 20. Sad in a way about wrong-, doing, in counsel's view (7) 21. Is a vest all she is wearing? Not quite! (6) 24. Barked? (10) 25. 'Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor - that whiter skin of hers than snow' (Othello) (4) 27. The poor little thing needs a warm wrap (7) 29. There's some thought goes into these buildings (7) 30. What, isn't Brighton printed throughbut? Maybe it's lucky (8) 31. They're all at sea with their division and multiplication (6) DOWN

Richard Steele was a rake among them and one a them among rakes (8)

The toiler for toilers (II) That diplomatic drip! (4) In quoting, is one stimulating? (8) Like an American Sunday issue, though a marginal affair (5-5) An elegant fowl (3) Throws the drinks about (6) Renown about fifty makes one all of a glow (5) Daily client appears invariably (11)

Conduct of a copper and a pastor (10)

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18. What Johnson's style was some- times, A cc o r di n g to George Colman (8)

19. Sol's first among these workers, naturally (8) 22. Whipping-boys? (6) 23. 21 has lost a pound, and she's pretty bright, too (5) 26. I being the doctor for the shot (4) 28. 'So might I, standing on this pleasant -' (Wordsworth) (3) Solution next week

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