"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 429
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ACROSS
1. Anything but cloven-hoofed. (12.)
9. How the woman was caught who overdid the finger-nail fashion? (9.) 10. "Farewell the hopes of court! My hopes in heaven do - " (Shake- speare). (5.) 11. Exercises. (6.) 12. As the Frenchman says in the Creed. (8.) 13. A site of 19. (6.) 15. Deposit fish in Norfolk. (8.) 18. Fir-cones. (Anag.) (8.) 19. Look out for Barrie! (6.) 21. Words and music. (8.) 23. " They - by the light of the moon " (Lear). (6.) 26. Material contribution to reading. (5.) 27. Empire confused about puss. (9.) 28. In some cases it is achieved by putting one's foot down. (12.) DOWN I. " Would'st thou have a - sting thee twice?" (Shakespeare). (7.) 2. If this Oliver had asked for more it would have been knowledge. (5.) 3. The fellow who designs to leave the door open? (9.) 4. No pennies? The answer is in the affirmative. (4.) 5. More likely at the butcher's than Lord's. (8.) 6. But it occurs in what one had de- ducted. (5.) 7. Hanger-on but no sycophant. (7.) 8. " Thou breath of autumn's being " (Shelley). (4, 4.) 14. How unusual an ostrich would have been in Rome! (4, 4.) 16. White mahogany in oils. (9.) 17. Reduce. (8.) 18. Bunyan's wear? (7.) 20. Bacchus as bird. (7.) 22. Change of topic. (5.) 24. I have on an overcoat. (5.) 25. A little work, that is what a painter is reduced to. (4.)
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