" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 318

BY ZENO -

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ACROSS

I. The best vehicle for delicate

articles ? -- xo. Slight mistake involving part of a church.

13. No, a sailor doesn't need a hammer to complete these. 15. Kind of noose to use to catch love.

17. rev. See 7.

18. rev. See 5.

19. rev. Line of e r in a com- motion.

21. Forward at a rapid pace.

22. Brief look along a lane.

23. rev. " Tam was glorious, O'er a' the . . . o' life vic- torious."

24. rev. and 29. This gent. is loud-sounding.

25. My first is unchecked in down, my second in 15.

26. Nephew of Charlemagne who gave an effective retort.

27. rev. 30 goes at full speed in this.

28. rev. Devilish because they use made coins ? rev. See 24.

3o. Aviator connected with the deck.

31. rev. Younger sons who are mostly persons of low man- ners ?

33. Compare.

34. rev. " Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet . . . ran he on ten winters more."

35. What brings you to a stop in brushwood.

DOWN I. On the contrary, there's generally no inclination to

laugh about this kind of problem.

2. What is contrary to correct argument begins badly. 3. What this dull-witted person is content to travel in.

4. Stimulating at either end of dinner.

5. With 18. Thrust in a bag.

6. A tan diet (anag.).

7. and 17. "I have no . ., dear mother, now ; but, oh ! I am so dry ! " 8. Military formation that has to be repeated.

9. rev. "Thought would destroy their . . .

x. No press (anag.).

12. Sounds as if it might be what made the lady, who could not look toward Came- lot, weep ? 14. You'll never be without forty winks if you carry this in your travels.

16. The best place to gorge on cheese:.- 20. rev." The ..... of his species brought the noble Perkins low."

32. This rib made an aboriginal inhabitant of the West- Indies.