12 SEPTEMBER 1940, Page 23

“THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 80

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ACROSS I. A high-churchman, so to speak (ii).

DI Mr. Huxley's hay (5). it. Wrong-doing after coffee, very nearly, for footwear (9).

12. Bad luck on sleepers (2 words) (4, 5).

13. There seems to be a great deal of this head-dress (5).

14. Declare (6).

16. No cards I shuffle (8).

18. Outfit (8).

2o. Led and surrounded too (6).

23. Upstairs on the farm (5). 24. It has no reputation but to be upset (9).

26. Band hero (9). 27. I come back and moan (5).

28. They sound like the nudist headquarters (II).

DOWN

2. Instructor made of fish (5). 3. A character from Measure for Measure (7).

4. A morning in Lent (6). 5. John is invited to remain (8). 6. It makes all the difference to being damaged to get a hun- dred first (7).

9. Unscrupulous aspect of a villa is Cheam (13).

10. Lord Chatham's salary? (8)

11. Liza, he's Scotch for a plant (13).

x5. They get nosed out (8). 17. He might be near gold (8). 19. Attitude about a label (7). 2z. Old girl of the sea (7). 22. Growing part of a celebrated

preacher of the past (6).

25. The greater part of glamour (5).