20 APRIL 1951, Page 27

THE "SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 622

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ACROSS

1. More applicable to the passage from rather than to the beauty parlour. (7. 2, S.) 10. Rib a lot altered. (7.)

11. He should be full of grit, if sleepy. (7.) 12. Club very loud in the bay. (5.)

13. A wet lover (anag.). (9.)

14. Victim of 11 in a permanent way. (7.) 16. Head. (4.) 19. The right order for 13. (4.) 20. The article turns tofkoma. (7.) 23. Can ma copy ? (anag.), (9.) 25. Heels not allowed in the Royal Botanic Gardens ? (5.) 26. Furious anger in the finish. (7.) 27. Ask for little devil doctrine. (7.)

28. Process which, perhaps, produces bags of money. (6, 3, 5.)

DOWN

2. Stripped again ? (S.) 3. Like Gilbert the Filbert. (5.)

4. The value of land surrounded by water. (9.)

5. An attack of stone. (5.) t,. Never eats (snag.). (9.)

7. An old hunter. (6.) 0." 0 - of Persephone I In the

dim meadows desolate." (Wilde.) (6.) 9. The ridiculous pride of the atom ? (7.) 15. A tramping bird, it might be. (9.) 16. Slot sage ? (5. 4.) 17. County table. (8.) 18. This little drink seems rather more than a nip. (7.) 21. The end of the funereal celebration. (4, 2.) 22. Scamper. (6.) 24. Book-keepers' ale. (5.)

25. It is always apparent in any woman's

caprice. (5.) ,