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ACROSS 1 They are poor pals v,!() make this (8) 5 ' Mc do you leave -- - With the memories we amassed ? • (Browning) (6). 9 The bird is cold on the hills (8). 10 ' He found it inconvenient to he poor,' said he (6). 12 Correspondence for the house agent (6).

13 Disturbances after tea on wheels (8). 15 If there is. I'm a sight too credulous (5, 2, 2, 3). 18 Not at home, undressing for the race (12). 23 ' Not a smaller soul, nor --, nor another' (Tennyson) (8). 24 Craft of chastisement (6). 26 Formerly formerly (6). 27 Studies accurately, Latin verse perhaps (8). 28 Lily gets a treat (6). 29 ' The noblest

- which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England' (Johnson) (8).

DOWN: 1 Falcon of literature (6). 2 ' Or emptied some dull - to the drains' (Keats) (6). 3 A wet mixture in our surroundings (7). 4 Affectation of a confused knight (4). 6 It's material when liquor overcomes the sheep (7). 7 A quiet doggie thinks it OK (8). No doubt he gets a lot of chaff (8). 11 They're no great catch (7).

14 Give me fifty-one under the hammer (7). 16 He used to he forbidden the kitchen (8). 17 So impressive it makes one insensible (8). 19 ' Yellow with bird-foot - are the grass-glades' (Meredith) (7). 20 It makes sin seem inevitable (7). 21 Hardly ever can one make much of it (6). 22 What the maker of 1 across hopes for (6). 25 This dog had none (4).

Solution will be published on July 30.

The winners of Spectator Crossword No. 7119 arc as follows : First prize to MR. 3. ROBLR1SON, Bardowie. Mitnanvic, Stirlingshire, and second prize to Ma. G. A. SUTHER- LAND, Dalton Hall, Manchester, 14.