THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD SECOND SERIES-No. 25 [A prize of a

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ACROSS 5. He sounds almost liable to confuse us (9). 5. In Rome it's turning was significant (5).

8. People can't stand being here (2 words) (5).

9. White bruin (2 words) (9). II. Putting zone (2 words) (9).

12. The boss makes a come- back in the cotton fields (5).

13. Deaf divinity (4). 54. The other extreme from a night cap (2 words) (9).

a and 2.2 down. The first makes way for the second and together they see much of the seamy side (3 words) (15).

21. Culinary excitement (4).

23. Poe's a transformation of him (5).

25. "But here's a - with seal of Caesar " (9).

27. Improving, with help of 18 and 22? (3 words) (9).

28. The lighthouse-man doesn't get his MS. back (6).

29. Islands, yet so changed (5). 3o. It's desirable according to the people who want to get rid of it (9).

DOWN 1. A hundred fish behave like limpets (5).

2. " Chill Penury repressed their - -, And froze the genial current of the soul " (2 words) (9).

3. She had no soul, and also, one might think, no appetite (6). 4. As the reporter said entering the meeting with no ticket (7).

5. One of the carmen, so to speak (8).

6. Ruses are disguised by those who employ them (5) 7. It will become quite infor- mative under pressure (9).

to. Found among those who sell a tin of salmon (5).

13. Plenty of noise in this place, it seems (9).

15. Keats liked the Grecian sort (3).

16. A place under weight (9).

17. Footwear, but not skates (8).

19. Carted by Shaw (5).

zo. Mocks (7).

22. See 18.

24. Dramatic aspect of an English river (5).

26. Just a suggestion (5).