" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 252 By ZENO

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33 134 ACROSS Gay in gardens, dances !

ro. These birds are what a poor swimmer gets in a swim at the seaside !

13. By means of this, the part equals the whole !

17. Sea fish. 18. " Fierce as ten furies, . . . as hell, And shook a dreadful dart."

19. rev. Ice makes for a destined place.

20. rev. Imbecile that's mostly indigo.

21. rev. " It is a goodly sight to see

What Heaven hath done for this delicious . .

22. The drink to serve with your pet songster's meals ? 25. My first is unchecked in r across, my second in r down.

26. Soothing when colour comes in soon.

27. Authority in a European State.

28. Part of a church which starts an urgent appeal.

31. rev. 6 causes mirth.

32. rev. " on the Tree of Life- . . . like a cormorant."

33. To surpass kinds of heather is being superior.

34. rev. 19. DOWN

I. This advice for the lawyer takes time I 1. dull at 2. Rhyming but not in the consonants.

3. 1745 gave this place a jar !

4. What the Lothario tries to do-but generally not to this person.

5. My first is unchecked in 26, my second in 9.

6. rev. See 31.

7. rev. Detest.

8. Smart person - probably familiar to the fisherman !

9. In no cases (anag.). rt. rev. It's partly in a heap of combustible material. 12. Domineering.

14. Bronze prehistoric imple- ment with 3o.

15. rev. Pull out a snake-like fish backwards.

16. rev. Of bruised oak-bark.

23. rev. One of the States.

24. rev. " Live to be the show and . . . o' the time." 29. rev. Each makes a patriarch. 3o. rev. See 54.