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"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 359

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7. Rugby's contribution to pantomime. (9.) 5. In which one undresses backwards. (5-) 8. Post on guard. (6.) 9. I'm one-and-twenty. (8.) it. Without without part. (8.) 12. " Goethe in Weimar - and Greece Long since saw Byron's struggle cease." (Arnold.) (6.) 14. Used by the futurists instead of canvas? (5.) 16. 'This gin doesn't function at night. (7.) 18. This form of address is rarely heard, though often seen. (7.) 19. A character from Nuremberg. (5.) 20. A celebrated linesman. (6.) 22. Milton's saint. (8-) 26. Imposes. (8.) 27. What Landor decided not to do with anybody. (6.) 28: Magistrate in feathers. (5-) 29. Worn by Eugene Aram, under another name. (9.) .

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z. He's extended by a little work. (5.) 2. Spoil a snack,-because he doesn't have a drink with it? (9.) 3. One does with an effort. (5.)

4. "A - unmusical to the Volscians' cars And harsh in sound to thine." (Shakespeare-) GO

5. Every sort of weapon reduced to one category when the sergeant-major leads. (5, 4-) 6. Give out. (5.) 7. Associated with palaces by J. H.

Payne. (9.) to. Costing change. (7.).

13. How Shakespeare's plays were mostly written. (7.) 14- Corner wit. (Anag.) (9.) 15. cooled drink is medicinal. (9.) 17. "Don't repine, my friends," he said, "Do not weep for me. It is chronic." (9.) 21. An example of 5. (5.) 23. Not all my eye, but something to do with it. (5.) 24. "A bevy of fair women, richly gay • In gems and wanton -." (Mil- ton.) (5.) 25. Apparent in every number but a hundred. (4-)