"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 539

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ACROSS

1. You can take a car to the water and make it drink. (7.)

S. " The very - are sacred to the poor " (Wordsworth). (7.) 9. It may have been the fur sale that made her say "No." (7.) 10. The last past the post almost, but not without ba'cking. (7.) 11. Perhaps they plotted to make a plan. (9.) 12. His name was writ in rum. (5.) 13. Publishers' 5 maybe. (7.)

15. This is not the armour used by the R.A.F. (3, 4.)

16. A show enjoyed by pukka sahibs, no doubt. (7.) 19. The glade in Innisfree. (3 4.) 22 Hamlet much desired not to do it in ignorance. (5.) 23. The Tragic Muse. (9.) 25. State of a dug-out. (7.) 26 Not many may have an opposite meaning. (7.) 27. It seems the right part of the country for a rising. (7.)

28 The radio's merely. moderate, though

the weather's all right. (3, 4.)

DOWN

1 Here a cur may wag his tail differently. (7.) 2. To sing or not ? (7.) 3. Unfit as a result of a spill. (5.) 4. Joins up. (7.) 5. Sea-fire (snag.). (7.) 6. Victory on the &held . (9.) 7. Just the place for those who want to potter about. (7.

S. Exclusive. (7.) 14. A sailor takes the chair and nobody turns up, hoping for the best. (5. 4.)

16. Telescoped French table-water. (7.)

17. Not a spell of aid. (7.) 18. A girl in arms. (7.) 19. They provide an indirect pull in places of refreshment. (7.) 20. A canoe I make of this. (7.) 21. Joseph to his brethren. (7.) 24. A pair of plus-fours ? (S.)