SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 902

ACROSS Reimprison? Let's think it over (10).

6 A sort of fragmentary mixture (4).

10 The dark river (5).

11 'In - are triumph and defeat' (Longfellow) (9). 12 It's a matter of principle to restrict the drink (9). 13 Agnes is missing from the centre for the poetry reading (5). 14 Titania's on in this health measure (10). 16 I affirm the truth, she says (4). 18 Little brothers go round and round (4). 20 Go over the allotment, misery! (10) 23 Is it indicative of sharp practice? (5) 24 Alexander on the North Eastern Rail- way is on test (3.6). 27 To go short for an invader of Italy (9).

1 The present was his (5).

2 'A gem to - all this isle' (Shake- speare) (7).

3 Source of legal oratory at the seaside (8).

4 She kept Peter waiting at the gate (5). S Deep roots of the self-propelled (9).

7 Diamond stream for an artist (7).

8 He's a low fellow in the North.(9).

9 'The - of reason and the flow of soul' (Pope) (5).

14 Advice to the connoisseur of wine in Lancashire? (9)

15 Runt provides an example of tergiver- sation (9).

17 Morphia's involved here in short (8). 19 'A - on his sweet tongue with my heart' (Shakespeare) (7).

21 Seaweed on a twisted net (7).

22 Church dignitary gets an order; poisonous, it is! (5)

25 The lady's an alcoholic, we hear (5).

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