" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No 254

BY ZENO

[A prize of a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be opened. Envelopes should be marked " Crossword Puzzle," and should be received not later than first post on Tuesday. No envelopes will be opened before noon on Tuesday. Solutions should be on the form appearing below. The name of the winner will be published in our next issue. Envelopes con- taining solutions must bear a three-halfpenny stamp, otherwise they are surcharged on delivery. Solutions from the U.S.A. cannot be accepted.] 10

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ACROSS 1. Can't be otherwise than honest with this sequence of cards in poker. 7 & 13. Part of a potato a tailor would appreciate ?

10. What the slang editor, proud of his musical magazine, might call it !

13. See 7. 15. Ellipses: 17. More than quick-witted. 59. When the cook fulfils this kind of order it's perfect. 21. Where the sluggard is told to go. 22. This wolf is mythological. 23. See 33. 24. Do kind of knotted work. 25. r with 54 ciphers. 26. You have to move painfully to get to this. 27. A stout riding-horse cursed one ! 3o. Corrupt gorge. 31. What always accommodates in bridge ? 32. The last twelve months in the poetic calendar. 33. Shrill cries about 23.

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2. Cope went (snag.). rt 3. This revelation was cut short. 4. This one is solitary.

5. Not clear. 6. A walker goes of work. 8. Concerning. 9. " Such sober . . of waking bliss." to. Davy Jones's Locker ?

11. Rare lily is matter for banter. 52. rev. Living beings whose

actions are without active intelligence. 54. To personate character of lower rank without a begin- ning is awkward. x6. Merry-making. 18. Woman's mantle.

20. " Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirma- tions strong

As . . . of holy writ." 28. Piece of curb ? 29. Vowels. about a turn