25 MAY 1951, Page 30

THE " SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 627

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ACROSS

I. Implements of play that should be used as seldom as possible. (4, 5.) 9. Good pull up for opera. (6.)

10. Establishment in which a course takes a small jump. (5, 4.) 11. Unruffled. (6.) 12. A hundred and fifty go to the wooden apartment. (9.) 13. Outstanding mitigation. (6.) 17. He wasn't an artist in crime. (5, 3, 7.) 18. He makes one ill. (6.) 22. They provide music on a sort of sliding scale. (9.) 23. Second-rate works party. (3. 3.) 24. Old ruler who, evidently, did not sup- port his father. (9.)

25. A university term rather than expres- sion. (6.) 26. Sect in Lee (snag.). (9.)

DOWN

2. Otherwise an unfit stream it seems. (6.)

3. No fame for him possibly. (6.) 4. They proverbially pay. (6.) 5, It provides, no doubt, a volume of information. (4, 2. 9.) 6. " Self Help " is the book to read when eating here. (9.) 7. "Good name in man and woman .. , is the - jewel of their souls (Shakespeare). (9-) • 8. Dangerous situation, largely of course, a matter of range. (5, 4.) 14. Adventurous Ambrose. (9.) IS. It is literally liable to storm and boil. (9.) 16. Food for nothing ? (9.) 19. "A Cut-purse of the - and the rule" (Shakespeare). (6.) 20. High-voiced horse looks blue. (6.) 21. Anne and me for the games. (6.)