SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 984

ACROSS

1 Press on for a noble carriage (8). S Coinfesses to having proper even- ing meal (4, 2). 9 Ribbon monopoly suffers dimuni- tion (8).

10 Lag in a confused way; result, a minor affliction (6).

12 Thdy provide covers at Bow Street (7). 13 He's all for the sheer fun of it (7). 14 Bazaar helpers obviously have their orders (5-7). 17 Constance is getting into trim (12). 4 21 He's recognisable in the best art 6 in Italy (7). 7 3 Borage seems to denote the 8 disappearance of a craze (7). 24 I'm in the crowds on the elevators 11 (6). What, no obstacles in the competi- tion for accommodation! (4-4) Do yearnings change these seniors? Apparently not (6).

Paper on the boat displays scholarship (8).

DOWN Turns a somersault (6).

Gland could be in evidence on the mountain (6).

'The — of a quiet eye' (Words-

worth) (7), The Keystone State (12).

Bird-dog, apparently (7).

Poetic mat-de-men? (3, 5) Orbs from the North, do we hear?

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Miss Beachy Head perhaps.? (7, 5) 25 26 27 1 2 3

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15 Of the snake that go( away? (8) 16 Tory mien is an outrage! (8) 18 Isn't art exemplified in this hero? (7) 19 'And --- to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth' (Addison) (7).

20 Perlmutter's alkali (6).

21 Please don't disturb—or, rather, do! (6)

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