SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1102

ACROSS 27 3 Puts in global investigators to a broken scat (12) 9 Tommy's foot fault? (3, 2, 4) 10 There are strings attached to this girl (5) 11 A hold-up in the course of justice (6) 12 By slow margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale' (Milton) (8)

13 How to get informed (6) 15 The cause of a breath-taking touchdown? (3.5)

18 Spirit and sex-appeal call for a drink! (3, 3, 2) 19 Puss takes it lying down (6) 21 Trials that turn out well? (8) 23 There's a point in a Latin thing round Kew (6) 16 26 Above aboard (5) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14

Let us hope that they had nothing to do with the famous Diet ! (4-5)

Here end some lines in New York (5, 7) DOWN Maroon the one that says he's terribly behind (7)

The Easterner is discovered thanks to a sailor (5) About the style, make it again (9) To double a German (4) Order the sweet! (5, 3)

A. northern vale of little folk (5) A shiner taken at golf 17) . At the front make a danger 'sig- nal (8) The light of the lire? (8) The crested bird of Western Aus- tralia (5, 4)

20 The object of shady elegance t7) 22- I rent roughly to bury (5) 24 He gives his services to fencing (5)

25 The cat gets up and swallows pound ; a powder, please! (4)

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