"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 447
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1. It's not in a pale range of colours. (10.)
6. Do bats fly backwards ? 4 . )
9. Odd that it should always rise to the top. (4.) 10. Call-up ? (9.) 13. The king of beasts gets his award. (9.) 14. Paul, I produce the dish. (5.) 15. What's made here should. (4.) 16. Yells scare (anag.). (10.) 19. To put it shortly. • • • (10.) 21. "0, sweet and far from cliff and - The horns of Elfland faintly blowing" (Tennyson). (4.) 24. Tree not quite a drinking vessel. (5.) 25. Lean hopes for this menace. (9.) 27. Derision's in these fighters. (0.) 28. You find it in the menu, dear. (4.)
29. Bath chap. ( 4 . ) 30. Where to have tin last word in London. (4, 6.)
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2. Classical arches often associated with the middle of 20. (7.) 3. It falls short of the gold standard except, perhaps, in appearance. (6.) 4. I get a nice mixture with the ancient race. (5.) 5. Modern tan for beauty. (9.) 7. " - fight as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong. As proofs of holy writ" (Shakespeare). (7.) 8. Where to see a celebrated eques- trienne. (7, 5.) 11. " Like to the - on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste" (Byron). (6.) 12. Getting together. (12.)
1 7 . Private consideration among lawyers. (9.)
18. They're all on edge. (6.) 20. Here Ca-sar might have found both in an ox. (7.) 22. Cricketers' favourite green. (7.) 23. lipt his form of ancestor worship. (5.) 26. Alternative to a daughter. (5.)
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