27 JULY 1945, Page 21

tt THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 333

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1. No mean city? (8.) 5. One of the Chuzzlewits. (6.) to. " I am more an antique - than a Dane." (Shakespeare.) (5.) IT. It may be done with hands or feet.

(9.) 12. Offensive aspect of a telescoped in- surance agent. (9.) 13. One hundred and fifty devour a wedge. (5.) t4. One of the cat tribe. (5-) 16. A sort of a kind of a machinator?

(8.) t9. One aspect of the last scene of all is merely this. (8.) 21. Heads for vulgarians. (5.) 25. Six motor. (5.) 26. Evidently he doesn't come from Cracow. (5, 4.) z8. Debate art. (Anag.) (9.) 29. Her success, or his, is largely a ,natter of form. (5.; O. Extremely flapperish. (4, z.) 3t. Once the ruling racehorse. (8.)

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t. The Royal Air Force is out of hand, help! (6.) 2. All together, but obviously not altogether. (2, 5.) 3. No doubt he's liberal. (5-) 4. What's in this? Air, see? (6.) 6. " Talk not of wasted -, never was wasted." (Longfellow.) (9.) 7. In this there was no choice but to pull together. (7.) 8. Gun caps'zed on a party man. (8.) 9. Just the bird for a flag day. (7.) 15. Scots cape. (9.) t7. The abstainer is at sea in the day's work without pay. (8.) t8. A Trollope character's likely to get stung like this. (7.) 20. Not the charge for false hair. (7.) 22. Little brother on a German river, very moody. (7.) 23. Doctor on edge, dig him out.. (6.)

24. " What are my books? My friends, my loves, My church, my tavern, and my only -." (Le Gallienne.) (6.)

27. Nodding pigeon. (5.)