SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1145

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1. Dream about what's right and 29. then do wrong (6) 4. Shakespeare's trick to gain ap- plause? Nonsense! (4-4) 9. The murmur of birds (6) • Sern back Unity. .As- syrian, Stormcoek and Golden I. Gain' (Kipling) 18) I 2t Daily men makes a modest ap- pearance (8) 13. Arms and the Man, of course

• (3-3) 3. 15. Fain would 1 he innocent (4)

16. A polite 'eall? (10)

19. 'The rot sets in in one respect in contemplation of the past (10) 20. The measure of \Oat Eve did in the poetic line? (4) 7.

Mermaid's natural wave (6)

25. 'The applause. of . listening seta es to command' perhaps?

(4, 4) • 14.

I. A' sn'ihilii bijj'ijot ijuite father- 17. figure! (5, 3)

A gentleman's gentleman has a dance 16) Incorruptible colour 13-51 That's for sure. as Mr. Sponge's creator seems to say 16) DOWN

It's :Mout nie getting into the hands of the FBI tor the government (7)

The inferior one may how serape (9) I)' you have forgotten my ---, And I have forgotten you, name' (Swinburne) (6) ' Flower of the Dales (4) Air naps are essential for a singing Black Knight (8) About 'a doubt : deny it (5) A bookish bird (7)

GP. has a rising panel in a Scottish valley (7)

Sweet prettj. girls (7) Here's the tool, get on xith it! (9)

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8. Ii. 18. Warning to Bruin. from an an- cestral voice, of course (8) 19. Keeps back and makes good (7) 21. 'The Saxon is not like us -' K ipling) (7) 22. Smooth word for the old city the plague of the crosswords! (6) 24. The objective of a Dad) (5) 26. 'And nests in order rang'd Of villatic fowl' (Milton) (4) Solution tie.' week