11 AUGUST 1950, Page 27

" SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 594

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ACROSS

. A really successful one many names (9, 6.) . Explosive string ? (7.) . Headgear for the crowd. (7.) . This green is a sailor's Elysium. (8.) Mounting assistance. (3, 2.)

House made remarkable by its fall. (5.) . With whom one has a gossipy sort of relationship. (9.) . Batsmen not at home to these sly deliveries are probably out (9.) . Harbour of hostile reputation. (5.) . Potentate's potent potion. (5.) So Morton has been brought to book

(8.)

. He is hearty about young Daniel. (7.) . A full glass in the hat-making industry. (7.) . It is not necessarily exhibited in making out a strong case. (5, 2, 8.)

DOWN

. Marching without China. (4.) Fleet much discussed in Othello. (7.) . Through whom Calverley heard the Hundredth Psalm. (7.) Indispensable member of a delegation. (5.) Dwellings with dates have ground advantage. (4, 5.) Old army headquarters in the Punjab. (7.)

. Two Scots at the head of a winding glen. (7.)

has a great 8. Pater's sole (snag.). (4, 6.) 13. The butcher's whiskers. (6, 4.) 15. Was it always spring for Whittier 2 (9.)

17. " Come up Whitefoot, come up Light- foot," she wrote. (7.)

18. A progressive sort of giant. (7.)

19. I take wine with a small company, and where. (7.)

20. Not really a translation of what Virgil said he sang. (7.) 23. Just put your foot in it. (5.) 24. Sign of wearing out in the fighting. (4.)