THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 560

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ACROSS 1. Too many carol-singers-or is it the coalman ? (7. 7.) 10. Artist swallowed by a quadruped. very sweet. (7.) II. Canvas peak. (7.) 12. Gordon's associates. (5.)

13. She's taking bribes I Gain, is she ! (9.)

14. They demand careful choice. said Wilde. (7.) 16. "The - buds on the vine are woolly " (Browning). (4.)

Pi. She regretted her inability to lunch.

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20. Would it be scandalous if he were seen in the 'Fisherman's Arms ' ? (7.) 23. Lads of so many sheets, the' sound. (9.) 25. No coming closer without this. (5.) :6. Valiant national maybe. (7.) :7. It's embarrassing up this. (7.) ./‘ Walpole's mound of fruit. (10, 4.)

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Prude too. it might become. (R.) 3. " silent, bare, Ships. lowers, -. theatres and temples he " (Wordsworth). (5.) 4. Guise lost (mac). (9.) Line of .a liner. (5.) 6. Involve. (9) Eat in aspirates. (6.) B. "Swinging slow with - roar " (Milton). (6.) 5. Doyle's study was in it. (7.) Is. Bury the vist. (9.) 16. Sweetness in the lump. (4. 5.) 17. " She was a lady great and splendid, 1 was a - in her halls " (Watson). (0.) 111. A degree Iv and Stevenson men. (7.)

21. les deplorable to be found wanting in them. (6.)

22. Take my tip and have a drink, or be one. (6.)

24. No cue from a light-weight. (S.) 25. Form of 5 largely a matter 01 speed. (5.)