"The Spectator" Crossword No. 216

BY ZENo

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1. This wild flower is found in

a woman's boudoir !

8. Non-correspondence in time.

14. Gem of a grain !

17. A doctrine inside twenty- four hours may well cause consternation.

20. " Fair Greece ! sad . . . of departed worth ! " 21. By the sound of it, this vegetable causes an aesthe- tic coughing-fit.

24. It's half the size.

25. Inquire after tea for this piece of work. 26. You can't overlook the source of this malicious gossip.

27. This seven-foot youth holds a lot of clothes ! -29. Decay.

31, No peer (anag.). 33. This instrument will keep you straight !

35. Any piece of wood and a space of enclosed ground -in a measure

5. My first is unchecked in 27, my second in 1 across.

6. This aria is from Faros.

7. Though taken medicinally, these produce their own bodily disorders !

9. Crepitates.

10. Woe puts this in good health.

11. " Spread the thin . . ., and catch the driving gale."

12. i.e. blazes (anag.).

13. Mushroom spawn.

15. Cultivated cabbage ! •

16. rev. Superficial disguise some furniture assumes

18. rev. A Kipling character.

19. rev. " We grant, altho' he had much wit, He was very . . . of using it."- 22. rev. How the cook would ridicule the meat ?

23. rev. Animal of Tibet.

28. rev. Attracts the attention. 30. Ask..

32. We would all like to see this on our bills.

34. rev. In 13.

36. What the beginning of 14 is.

DOWN 1. If you want to praise a con- servative, get eulogistic.

2. A cockney, I assume, could never manage as a sea- robber !

3. ",panes of quaint device, Innumerable of stains and splendid . .

rev. One.

4.