24 JULY 1936, Page 37

"The Spectator" Crossword No. zoo

BY ZENO

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ACROSS 1. Though Noah was this when he filled his ark, he was not a deceiver I 8. Sentences of Inquisition.

13. This makes the bald irre verent.

14. Pen me matter (snag.).

15. This eastern tree is observed best inside.

17. In nineteen.

18. Replaced HIS in 16th cen- tury.

19. There is something nutty about this bird I

21. rev. Negative pole- not only found in Poland 1 22. 480 sheets about 5.

23. rev. Got from a cigarette.

25. This surgeon begins and ends by being a person with long experience of service!

27. rev. 13 Across.

28. Should get you in an ex- cited anticipation of danger.

29. And that is all.

30. Three pounds and nothing more.

31. My first is unchecked in 1 across ; my second in 14.

32. Eludes artifices !

DOWN 1. Person who defies his Satanic majesty !

2. Person not fit to mix with • good society. 3. Everyone, I think, prefers to have this explode figur- atively I 4. English river with a point to it !

5. rev. Sec 22 across.

8. rev. Goes with Laurie. 7. This is sensitive to light.

9. Colloquially entire. 10. Kind of existence a ghost leads 11. " Tears from the depth of some divine . .

Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes."

12. rev. " the sear, the yellow..."

13. Put a circle around every one taken separately.

16. Great sportsman. 20. rev. John Scotus, schoolman,

is responsible for this. 22. rev. k irst name of a Persian

poet.

24. Public auction. 26. One of the U.S.A.