THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 714
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1. Saint who goes to the rescue with some spirit. (7.) 5. Not to be confused with Napoleon's eastern campaign. (4, 3.) 9. This might be somebody's head. (3. 4.) 10. Stray Tray. (4. 5.) 11. Names dart out of him. (9.) 12, Doesn't it matter which way it's Played (5.) 13. Red towards French. (7.) 15. Tardy and hurried. (7.) 16. They don't come to much. (7. 19. Tree-crossing town. (7.) 22. The poet returns vehicles. (5.) 23. State after using 6. (9.) 25. Not at home when closed. (4. 3.) 26. It makes one wild. (3. 4.) 27. A freshwater bird takes to salt. .(7.) 28. This weapon causes confusion among gnus about ten. (4, 3.) Down 1. A trifling affliction but it takes more than a great surgeon to get it down.
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2. Pbei's negative turn to stone. (7.) 3. Morning frost. 15.T 4. So my .Dan develops- power. (7.) 5. - This Bramble was silent. (7.) 6. To illuminate the ultimate fixture ? (4. 5.) 7. It might be useful at a stretch. (7.) R. I'm Green in prescribed rule. (7.) 14. Choose down and snort up in collision. (9.) 16. A young woman is seen about employ- ment (7.) 17. The vampire count. (7.) 18. Art next morning with us rising. (7.) 19. Disraeli ranged Queen Victoria and himself among them. (7.) 20. Sardines require it. (7.) ' 21. Recognise cinders. (7.) 24. Johnson's bucolic cat. (5.)
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