5 JULY 1945, Page 23

tt THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 330 [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, July 17th. 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 follow ng issue.]

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2. Slacken. (5.) 3. Cut deep in botany. (so.)

4. A place to improve the outlook, per- haps. (4.)

5. Such is ' the proper study of man- kind." (15.) 7. All right, a rather pious beast. (5.) 8. Recite with a confused nod in the middle. (9.)

ACROSS

1. Dominion sign (5, 4.) 6. The race for game. (5.) 9. Sat in cafe. (Anag.) (9.) to. A progressive month. (5.) is. It isn't to be taken seriously. (5.) 13. Shining. (9.)

14. Object reversed in the United King- dom. (5.) 16. Ape in part. (Anag.) (9.)

19. The apartments one was in before? (9.) 20. " When her mother tends her before the laughing mirror, tying up her -, looping up her hair." (Meredith.) (5.) 21. Mother hangs about. (9.) 23. Considers. (5.)

26. pat Hamlet wished not to do in ignorance. (5.)

27. Monseigneur's beverage in " A Tale of Two Cities." (9.) 28. Where to find a bear pit. (5.) 29. Patriotism is his last refuge, said Dr. Johnson. (9.)

1. Weeds that allow for the weght. (5.) 5. Not a great work of art, though pos- sibly a work of great art. 9.) 17. " Much have I - in the realms of gold." (Keats.) (9.)

IS. Not necessarily a dishonest place of work. (5.)

22. Evidently he believed in ghosts. (5.)

24. Here one gets the measure of a foreigner. (5.) 25. Cure out of order. (4.)