, g THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 37 [A prize of a
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ACROSS I. Musical box turned talkie? (to).
6. It's more humane to use it for hanging (4). to. Whereon things are apt to look better than :nay are (5).
II. They are simply essential (9).
12.Brewster had them (8). 13. Spill (5). 15.Longfellow's Spaniard (7). 17. It comes out first for a downpour (2 words) (3, 4). 19. Umpires' wear? (7). 21. I foiled operatically (7). 22. Indian ruler (5). 24. Feline back-play (8). 27. The " grey matter " which controls the memory, perhaps(9). 28. Change later (5). 29. This horse may be given a strawberry (4). 3o. This seems to be the result of nightfall elsewhere (3 words) (5, 2, 3).
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I.Mimic (4). 2. A muted lip produces more than sufficient (9). 3. Concealed in a I ery pretty rolling eye (5). 4. This wasn't, though it sounds like it, Tennyson's advice to washerwomen (2 words) (4, 3). 5. Open sesame without the spa (2 words) (4, 3). 7. A good angel, said David (5). 8. The child might more willingly do this if he thought it were sugar-cane (3 words) (4, 3, 3). 9. Mad he goes in confusion round an omnibus (8). 14. His business is looking up (to).
16. The opposite of a ravenous word (8).
IS. For example in being akin (9)- 20. It helps one to get to grips with things (7).
21. It blossoms if such a trans-
formation is achieved (7). 23. A politician in cxtremis so to speak (5). 25. America hails the mount in Asia Minor (5). 26. Under the doctor with a damaged eye (4). SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No. 36
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