17 JULY 1936, Page 43

"The Spectator" Crossword No. 199

BY ZENO

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ACROSS Imaginary country where everything was done in a big way !

11. A favourite tune of Uncle Toby.

14. Kind of person who lived in 1 across.

16. " Shall I, wasting in despair, . because a woman's fair?"

17. " To give unto them beauty for ashes, the . . . of joy for mourning, the gar- ment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."

18. rev. You will have to draw near with 23.

19. Its pace in the Suite is before the Gigue.

22. Assignment of a cause.

25. The bad got this in the old days.

26. Name given to a Beethoven symphony.

27. rev. Take away.

28. " Let your . . . be girded about, and your lights burning."

29. " And that one . . . which is death to hide."

31. My first and second are unchecked in 1 down.

32. To gad about this way is mostly grand. 35. " Law itself is only . . . acting by a rule."-Burke.

DOWN 1. Flower representative of a knell ?

2. Meaningless talk. 1. 3. The kind of 17 upon vhich sanctions should not be imposed !

4. Blowing rocks to pieces is mostly permanent.

5. 4 causes this.

6. My first is unchecked in 21, my second in 35.

7. More voluble than sincere.

8. A long time I 9. Part of amplifying valve.

10. rev. " Can I unmoved see thee dying Once . . . Expiring frog !"

12. Kind of freehold right based on uninterrupted possess- " ion.

13. The hope of Europe ?

15. Cry of a buck.

20. rev. Long flat surface of wood or stone.

21. Put into words.

23. rev. See 18.

24. rev. Form into crystals.

25. rev. Puts an actor on the stage ! 27. A magnesium silicate.

30. Take the falsehood from 3.

33. j of 7.

34. In the vanguard.