" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 247 BY Dm IA

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ACROSS

x. Tipsy on 11,0 I 9. rev. " He is well (9 and 29) that is well satisfied."

11. Macbeth in Act II cc. 2 was not responsible in this way ! 54. rev. Tree the same before

and after a forest-fire.

is. How and where to save time ! 18. Foreign parliament.

2o. " It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken

21. Used for an ounce in Domes- day Book.

22. A tribe of Indians gave this fowl its name.

23. My first is unchecked in to, my second in 1 across.

24. Musically high.

25. Calmly audacious.

26. " . . . betrayed are mighty, and great are the wrongfully dead."

27. The kind of sleeve for the butcher's wife to laugh up ? 29. rev. See 9 across.

30. Small draught.

3 r. Vowels.

32. Purposes suitable for an Asiatic country.

34. Independent existence.

35. rev. and 4. The founder of an American State.

36. rev. Gate associated with death.

DOWN

2. " To sport with . . . in the shade."

3. For being together, you will find two heads better than one.

4. See 35.

5. rev. Surely this woman must be fiery !

6. See 33.

7. A Mohammedan physician.

8. The alternative in connexion with the reversed cite is un- practical.

9. This will make the student see stars !

to. This excellent person front chin to heels never has mom than a torn piece of material on !

II. Hard to deal with.

I2. A falling off in the British public.

13. rev. The police are partly dressing.

16. rev. Making no angle.

57. Tomato is largely produced by this foreigner.

19. Jocular feet.

Good words . . . nothing, but are worth much."

28. rev. " A . . . not much the worse for wear."

33. Window-slab with 6.