"The Spectator" Crossword No. 86

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ACROSS

1 rev. Did they sing what they sound like ?

9. Not cricket, though its reverse is.

13. Double boxing success for Sir Henry Lytton.

14. A graduate ends part of Canada.

15. Unhealthy spot for Fascists. 16 rev. Rackstraw in new spelling.

17. Prolific, though retiring, author.

18. No epithet for a dress- reforming generation.

21. The fate of the " padsruan."

22. What a silly mixture 24. Crooked.

26. In Italy.

28. The real Mother of Parlia- ments.

30. Emperor asleep on a hat. 32 rev. African town ; the reverse looks as though it ought to mean something, but does not.

34. Thalaba was one.

35. Victor Hugo's came from Iceland.

36. He grins loud (anag.).

DOWN 1, 2. Emblem of 1 ac. or their kindred.

3 rev. Suggests 15, but flour- ishes in Switzerland.

4. I roast in confusion.

5 rev. Place that recalls a telegram. 6. A muddled affair in the garden.

7. One of the five sons of Judah.

8. When lost in French may help the sculptor.

9. rev. Cambridge college, ir- reveiently 10 rev. Feminine top-dressing, perhaps.

11. Antipodean native, fami- liarly.

12. Growing old under the orchestra, but helping the wounded.

19. Turn up a little weight.

20. Fifty in the fair.

23. One of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit.

24. A clockwork noise.

25 rev. The Mahatma's nurse. 27. The start of Stavisky is in the window.

29. No wooden actor ; tame a non . . .

31. Often foots the page.,

33 rev. Barrie character with a cricket flavour.