THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 406

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to. Dickens's tobacco. (5.) it. To be or not to be, that is the ques- 12. White bruin. (5, 4-) 13. A little work in E. (5.) 54. " The - and the shouting dies " 16. County with literary associations. (8.) 18. " Take - by the hand, and make

x. It seems to be the answer to the loose-leaf problem. (it.)

tion (of the hour). (3, 2, 4.) the bounds of freedom wider yet" (Kipling). (6.) (Tennyson). (8.) ACROSS

20. Fair source of revenue. (6.) P .14, Y I PI a'"1" HE 1 P E 23. The ocean prophetically apostro- P R R A re. phized. (5.) 24. What a game it is! (9.) cif : Pi i ;C le 74[1 o!Es 26. If he did put it in it, would it be cx Age A 411i P ri 27. East by way of North and so find it. F mi.p E R T

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2. Tempestuous spirit, so to speak. (5.)

3. Loiters here, perhaps. (7.) 0 0 E 4. He charged a rose with a message. lElo!EILIL■I'ICR (6.) I AIS Z E 5. Bury a king upside-down. (8.) iA'LlAITIE1 ga U 6. Minced moorhen. (7.)

7. Owing to the passage of time zero 1.4.1021111E C S hour does not. (4. 2, 7.) uq'41511:z Ei w E

8. Redbreast junior. (8.) 17. Evidently the girl is no rolling stone. 15. Needlework was frequently against

21. " Hang there, my verse, in - of

22. Chattered. (6.) 19. Bird on the water in Wales. (7.) 25. Kingsley's sweep looks so singular.

9. Was it Ma. Malaprop who said

(8.) sweet were its uses ? (13.) this oil. (8.)

my love " (Shakespeare). (7.)