"THE SPECTATOR" CROSSWORD No. 236

BY ZENO.

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ACROSS z. Often found at the end of the nose and a gun.

8. My first is unchecked in 14, my second in 3 down.

9. Language invented by Zamenhof.

13. This acquires treatment with age.

15. The prospect of gold in a Central American country is wide.

17. eeeeeeee.

18. Drudge.

19. Short-cut by means of a structure over a stream ?

21. East Indian tree with some- thing of an air ?

22. The right boots for an aviator !

23. rev. This gentleman and I star before 13.

25. There is a risk attached in growing this shrub.

29. Vainer yarns (anag.).

30. A relative if you sound him might be made to cheat.

32. Where Solomon got his gold and gems.

33. Made differently.

34. rev. More than one case can be made out about a black- guard.

DOWN / and to. This cloth is always seasonable !

2. Flogs with his.

3. Disinfect.

4. Itinerant who cannot help make mistakes in the be- ginning.

5. Measure with it.

6 and 31. "thrice he routed all his . . . ; and thrice he slew the slain."

7. Standard that cannot do any- thing but lose vigour.

8. See 28.

zo. See I down.

it. rev. Bleat.

12. "To pluck the eyes of Sentiment, And dock the of Rhyme."

14. rev. Cask code (anag.).

t6. rev. This wind will end willingly 17. rev. Actors should be good at this game.

20. Good to force the charge home !

22. rev. "country messes, Which the . . . -handed Philfis dresses."

24. One formerly dominant in Peru.

26. This tree always contains a serpent.

27. Divine being who wore 22 across.

28 and 8. City taken by Romans 212 B.C.

31. See 6.