.4 THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 36

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ACROSS 1. In which to pack sea-shanty music? (2 words) (5, 3). 5. A house of Kipling's (6). 9. The author abo.v.e- mentioned made discoveries

after these (8).

to. It's oriental religion that seems to cause him distress (6).

ix. What makes the car go in a word? (8).

12. Goodstrain. lacking . virtue (6).

14. I groan most, as the land- worker might have ex- plained himself (to) 18. Hudson's ,olourful country (2 words) (6, 4).

22. It settles the charge (6).

23. It puts finality into the bid, though faulty (8).

24. The capabilities of the lubricant are undefined in its container (6).

25. And the man on horse-back is unnamed (8).

26. Drunkard expanded by a parker (6).

27. French copper (2).

DOWN

1. Loathe (6).

2. The classical comedy girl (6). 3 Woodpecker (6).

4. A Robert Louis Stevenson familiarly with a change of heart (to). 6. How do practical people make two words of it to express themselves} (8).

.7. Damn.! rain! he says (8). 8. Note about a broken main (8).

feminine virtue in its culinary aspect (z words) (5, 5)- 15. Faked perhaps, but it puts an urge on debts (8).

16. Clown made of grid mail (8).

r7. Poe's Utopia? k2 words) (2, 6).

19. This grinder is a teacher of Latin (6).

2o. Red action is his job, even if he is no Communist (6). 21. Sleeping quarters for the infantry, so to speak (6).