26 MAY 1950, Page 31

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"SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 583 COMPANY MEETING

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I. Appliance with a cant. (15.

9. Room fo: music. (7.) 10. Not what one heard from the modern sirens. (3, 4.) 11. What the Belgian capital did, perhaps. (8.) 12. It seems a freezing poetic abrasive. (5.) 14. An the same detention did no pass in smoothly in these. (5.) 15. Occasions interrupted by a da: of triumph. (9.) 16. Half way round as a matter of course. (4, 5.) 19. SheJley's dramatic family. (5.) 21. One of those who oroduced a harvest of royalties for Merriman, possibly. (5.) 22. Far from an heroic reversion. (4, 4.) 25. " Physician of the Goethe has done his -ilgrimage " (M. Arnold). (4, 3.) 26. Study the law of deception ? (7.) 27. Torch is disguised and the achieve- ment belongs to her. (7, 8.)

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1. I can be met in South America lilt. this. (4.) 2. Not a sincere sneer at the barber's (7.) 3. In some cases they take a bit at the ends. (7.) 4. Bath say the end of this Marathon leader. (5.)

5. An outstanding feature followed by a rich man in the air. (4, 5.)

6. When occurring in crosswords it usually sheds the sheep. (7.) 7. A Likely recruit for Cromwell, this metallurgical artisan. (4, 3.) 8. This, no doubt, was distended when worn, involuntarily, by the young lady of Niger. (6, 4.) 13. Might be mistaken for pages when contracted. (10.)

15. They come out very early. (4. 5.)

17. " The schoo/ • nd you are one. And what You are, the race shall be " 18. This dramatic character lost initially when operal..c. (7.)

19. Portrait of politicians, perhaps. a.)

20. An English bat, but doesn't for England. (7„) 23. Base fellow turns and he follows. (5.)

24. Elizabeth as she goes to Arabia. (4.)