" THE SPECTATOR " CROSSWORD No. 527
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ACROSS
1. Originally done with ark lamps, no doubt. (5, 8.) 9. Scott's excuse for a drappie 1 (9.) 10. 0 for Beethoven's symphony I (S.) 11. A younger son sounds depressed.
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12. ` Man's love is of man's life a thing apart. 'Tis woman's whole (Byron). (9.) 13. Holders of the Cup. (7.) 15. " The - of our blood and state are shadows " (Shirley). (7.) 17. In association with brimstone an alternative to fire. (7.) 19. It seems to imply much the same as Nuneaton. (7.) 21. Their work on Gray's subject would have been short and simple. (9.) 23. " A belt of straw and ivy-buds with - clasps and amber studs " (Marlowe). (5.) 24. He might be got by wire. (5.) 25. It changes into a name. (9.) 26. Crustaceous blackbirds. (4, 3, 6.)
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2. The poultry-keeper's record is a sham. (3, 6.)
3. Sounds as if he might be a stand-in for his father. (5.)
4. " Yet once more 0 ye - (Milton). (7.) 5. One way of obtaining egg tint. (7.) 6. A majority gamble abroad. (6, 3.) 7. Ns inflated. (5.) 8. Fishermen are addicted to employing these birds. (6.) 9. Revolutionary sources of music. (5.) 14. So far from being plucked from the burning this brand was thrown into the water. (9.) 16. Tin credit (snag.). (9.) 17. Canter in a dream. (6.) 18. A great ship. (7.) 19. A social mushroom. (7.) 20. Initially in U.S.A. and half here. (5.) 22. A void game leading to nothing. (5.) 23. Beg. (5.)
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