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ACROSS a. "Where civic independence The — down to senates, and Kings." (Campbell.) 5. Salvage in battle.

to. He is usually chained to his office. 11. Give a kiss to Leander for this Hero. is. Indispensable character in " who- dunnit " fiction.

13. This might be found in Olympia or Tahiti.

14. House master? 16. Poultry-farmer's swindle? 19. It looks as though the fairy were followed by something unprintable.

21. " She was all girlishness, and play- fulness and sweetness, and kittenish buoyancy." (Dickens.)

5. Often on pleasure bent. 6. For this, raise your glasses! 8. He will take me or dryad for a ride. 9. " But I will delve one yard below their — and blow them to the moon." (Shakespeare.)

e. He discovered the Mississippi. Designed by a roguish architect?

DOWN Opening that takes a small piece.

2. His wife was a very slow needle. woman.

3. Concise.

4. The performer is an unknown quantity.

6. Fruit fora crustacean?

7. And/or artist.

8. " Men in great place are thrice —." (Bacon.) flings Courts 9. Myopia in the House of Lords? T5. Almost an end of debt. 17. The kind of tear the passion-flower shed while waiting for Maud. r8. Hollywood agent's jargon must be this.

20. Ribs that haven't quite enough bone in them.

22. You'll find Felix at the entrance to the Sicilian city. 23. " Battering the gates of Heaven with storms of —." (Tennyson.) 24. Untidy meals. 27. Hamlet had a word for Ophelia.